Description
Book SynopsisThe newest work on the Hundred Years War and other aspects of military history in the late middle ages. This seventh volume of the Journal of Medieval Military History has a particular focus on western Europe in the late middle ages, and specifically the Hundred Years War; however, the breadth and diversity of approaches found in the modern study of medieval military history remains evident. Some essays focus on specific texts and documents, including Jean de Bueil's famous military treatise-cum-novel, Le Jouvencel; other studies in the volumedeal with particular campaigns, from naval operations to chevauchées of the mid-fourteenth century. There are also examinations of English military leaders of the Hundred Years War, approaching them from prosopographical and biographical angles. The volume also includes a seminal piece, newly translated from the Dutch, by J.F. Verbruggen, in which he employs the financial records of Ghent and Bruges to illuminate the arms of urban militiamen at the end ofthe middle ages, and analyzes their significance for the art of war. Contributors: RICHARD BARBER, PETER HOSKINS, NICOLAS SAVY, DOUGLAS BIGGS, JOAO GOUVEIA MONTEIRO, GILBERT BOGNER, MATTHIEU CHAN TSIN, J.F. VERBRUGGEN, NICHOLAS GRIBIT, CLIFFORD J. ROGERS.
Trade ReviewNot one of the essays fails to provide something novel and valuable to the student of military history. * HOBILAR *
This issue of the Journal contains innovations. The focus, both geographical and chronological, is markedly narrower than in previous issues; the redesigned cover carries a nicely reproduced illumination; and the reader is offered an index of the contents of all previous issues. [...] The enterprise looks increasingly confident and in good shape. * HISTORY *
Table of ContentsThe Military Role of the Order of the Garter - Richard Barber The Itineraries of the Black Prince's Chevauchées of 1355 and 1356: Observations and Interpretations - Peter Hoskins The Chevauchée of John Chandos and Robert Knolles: Early March to Early June, 1369 - Nicolas Savy 'A Voyage, or Rather an Expedition, to Portugal': Edmund of Langley's Journey to Iberia, June/July 1381 - Douglas Biggs The Battle of Aljubarrota [1385]: A Reassessment - João Gouveia Monteiro 'Military' Knighthood in the Lancastrian Era: the Case of Sir John Montgomery - Gilbert Bogner Medieval Romances and Military History: Marching Orders in Jean de Bueil's Le Jouvencel introduit aux armes - Matthieu Chan Tsin Arms and the Art of War: The Ghentenaar and Brugeois Militia in 1477-79 - J F Verbruggen Accounting for Service at War: the Case of Sir James Audley of Heighley - The Black Prince in Gascony and France [1355-6], According to MS78 of Corpus Christi College, Oxford - Clifford J. Rogers
