The essays brought together in this volume examine the conduct of war by the Angevin kings of England during the long thirteenth century (1189-1307). Drawing upon a wide range of unpublished administrative records that have been largely ignored by previous scholarship, David S. Bachrach offers new insights into the military technology of the period, including the types of artillery and missile weapons produced by the royal government. The studies in this volume also highlight the administrative sophistication of the Angevin kings in military affairs, showing how they produced and maintained huge arsenals, mobilized vast quantities of supplies for their armies in the field, and provided for the pastoral care of their men. Bachrach also challenges the knight-centric focus of much of the scholarship on this period, demonstrating that the militarization of the English population penetrated to men in the lower social and economic strata, who volunteered in large numbers for military service, and even made careers as professional soldiers.
Author(s): David S. Bachrach
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 312
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Part 1 Military technology and engineering
Chapter 1 The royal crossbow makers of England, 1204–1272
Sources
Origins of the office
Nature of their work
Duties of the crossbow maker
Rates of pay
Perquisites
Conditions of service
Length of service
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Crossbows for the king: The crossbow during the reigns of John and Henry III of England
Materials used in crossbow construction
Types of crossbows in use
Relative numbers of weapons in use
Conclusion
Chapter 3 The royal arms makers of England, 1199–1216: A prosopographical survey
Arms production in John’s reign
Artillery builders
Wages
Conditions of service
Origins of the artillery builders
Crossbow builders: Wages and perquisites
Conditions of service
Families and backgrounds
Origins
Conclusion
Register of arms makers during the reign of King John
Chapter 4 Crossbows for the king, Part 2: The crossbow during the reign of Edward I of England (1272–1307)
Technological development
Relative numbers of crossbows deployed during Edward I’s reign
Types of crossbows in use
Material construction
Conclusion
Chapter 5 English artillery, 1189–1307: The implications of terminology
Spear-casting engines
Early stone-casting engines
Later stone-casting engines
Conclusion
Part 2 Military logistics
Chapter 6 The military administration of England: The royal artillery (1216 –1272)
Administrative procedures for the construction of siege engines
Administrative procedures for the storage and transportation of artillery
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Military planning in thirteenth-century England
Part 1: The entry of arms into royal possession
Royal arms production
Royal arms purchases
Part 2: Arms in transit
Part 3: Inventories and audits
Conclusion
Chapter 8 Military logistics during the reign of Edward I of England, 1272–1307
Background
Edward I’s early career
The Second Welsh War (1282–1284)
Land transportation in a new logistical system
Land transportation during the Scottish Wars, 1296–1307
Conclusion
Chapter 9 Prices, price controls, and market forces in England under Edward I, c. 1294–1307
Quantitative studies
Purchases of grain and livestock by royal officials
The “national price” in perspective
Appendix 1
Chapter 10 Military industrial production in thirteenth-century England: The case of the crossbow bolt
Introduction
The reigns of Richard and John, 1189–1216
The reign of King Henry, 1216–1272
The reign of Edward I, 1272–1307
Conclusion
Chapter 11 The crossbow in English warfare from King John to Edward I: An administrative perspective
Crossbow production in England, 1202–1272
Crossbow production 1272–1307
Conclusion
Chapter 12 King Edward I’s military bureaucracy: The case of Peter of Dunwich
Introduction
Peter of Dunwich in royal service
Who was Peter of Dunwich?
Conclusion
Part 3 Military organization
Chapter 13 The organization of military religion in the armies of King Edward I of England, 1272–1307
The royal household
Garrison soldiers
Pay and status of royal castle chaplains
Shire levies
Military tenants
Conclusion
Chapter 14 The ecclesia Anglicana goes to war: Prayers, propaganda, and conquest during the reign of Edward I of England, 1272–1307
Introduction
English church at war under Edward I
Lay participation in military-religious rites
Conclusion
Chapter 15 Urban military forces of England and Germany, c. 1240–c. 1315, a comparison
England
Germany
Conclusion
Chapter 16 Edward I’s “centurions”: Professional soldiers in an era of militia armies
Introduction
Professional officers
Professional centenarii
Professional soldiers
Conclusion
Index
