TY - BOOK ID - 3134953 TI - The Calais Garrison : war and military service in England, 1436-1558 PY - 2008 VL - *26 SN - 9781843833987 1843833980 9781846156069 9786612621321 1846156068 1282621327 PB - Woodbridge, UK Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, DB - UniCat KW - Garrisons, British KW - Military bases, British KW - History. KW - Great Britain. KW - Great Britain KW - France KW - History, Military KW - British military bases KW - British garrisons KW - Angliǐskai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ KW - Tsava ha-Briṭi KW - British Army KW - בריטניה. KW - צבא הבריטי KW - England and Wales. KW - Military life KW - Calais (France) KW - Europe KW - Council of Europe countries KW - Eastern Hemisphere KW - Eurasia KW - Calais KW - History, Military. KW - Military relations KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Forces armées KW - Histoire KW - Histoire militaire KW - 1485-1603 KW - 1328-1589 KW - Calais Garrison. KW - David Grummitt. KW - English Crown. KW - European Warfare. KW - Middle Ages. KW - Military Force. KW - Military History. KW - Military Technology. KW - Warfare. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3134953 AB - 'This is the book on the Calais garrison we have been waiting for'. COLIN RICHMOND. For over 200 years, following its capture by Edward III in 1347, the town of Calais was in English hands; after 1453 it remained the last English possession on the continent, a commercial, cultural, diplomatic and military frontier, until its recapture by the French in 1558. This book - the first full-length study so to do - examines the Calais garrison, the largest standing military force available to the English crown. Based on extensive archival research, it covers recruitment and service in the garrison, the problems of pay and logistics, the weaponry and tactics used, and the chivalric and professional ethos among the soldiers. It also investigates the effectiveness of English arms against their European counterparts, through a detailed study of the failed Burgundian siege of 1436 and the successful French siege of 1558. Overall, it reaffirms the importance of Calais to successive medieval and early modern English kings, and challenges the perceived notion that England lagged behind its northwest European rivals in terms of military technology and effectiveness. The Calais garrison is placed in the wider context of the development of European warfare in general during this period.' Dr DAVID GRUMMITT is Senior Research Fellow, History of Parliament Trust. ER -