The Calais Garrison: War and Military Service in England, 1436-1558 (Warfare in History) By David Grummitt
Publisher: Boydell Press 2008-08-21 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1843833980 | PDF | 1.6 MB
'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…