Description
Book SynopsisThis is a study of how the prosecution of the Nine Years' War in the last decade of Elizabeth I's reign impinged on government and society at central and local levels in the shires of England and Wales.
Table of ContentsList of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part one: Men and arms for the Nine Years' War
1. Background to the Nine Years' War
2. The machinery for the Irish war
3. The demands of the war on the shires of England and Wales
4. Military levies raised form Kent, 1594-1602
5. Levies to Ireland from the maritime shires of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1594-1602
Part II: Embarkation and transportation of troops to the Irish war
6. Chester, the chief military port for the Irish service in the 1590s
7. Bristol, Barnstaple and other western ports in the service of the Irish war
Appendix: Ships in the service of the Irish war
Part III: Elizabethan military service in Ireland
8. The maintenance of the army
9. The Elizabethan soldier at war
10. Casualties and welfare measures for the sick and wounded of the Nine Years' war
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index
