Название: Shipping the Medieval Military: English Maritime Logistics in the Fourteenth Century
Автор: Craig L. Lambert
Издательство: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843836548
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 260
Размер: 5,5 МБ
Язык: Английский
During the fourteenth century England was scarred by famine, plague and warfare. Through such disasters, however, emerged great feats of human endurance. Not only did the English population recover from starvation and disease but thousands of the kingdom's subjects went on to defeat the Scots and the French in several notable battles.
Victories such as Halidon Hill, Neville's Cross, Crécy and Poitiers not only helped to recover the pride of the English chivalrous class but also secured the reputation of Edward III and the Black Prince. Yet what has been underemphasized in this historical narrative is the role played by men of more humble origins, none more so than the medieval mariner. This is unfortunate because during the fourteenth century the manpower and ships provided by the English merchant fleet underpinned every military expedition.