Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- List of illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: England and France in the mid fourteenth century
- 1 The siege and capture of the town: Edward III and the burghers of Calais
- 2 A new ruler and a new regime: the town and the garrison in the early years of English rule
- 3 Setting up the Staple: a new role for Calais
- 4 Triumph and disaster: Henry V, the collapse of the Anglo-Burgundian alliance and the resurgence of France
- 5 Calais as a base for political intrigue: Yorkists, Lancastrians and the earl of Warwick
- 6 The heyday of the Company of the Staple: merchants and their lives
- 7 Religious and political change: Henry VII, Henry VIII and the Reformation
- 8 The town and trade: the later fortunes of the Company of the Staple and of the Johnson partnership
- 9 The end of the story: the loss of Calais to the French
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
List of illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- List of illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: England and France in the mid fourteenth century
- 1 The siege and capture of the town: Edward III and the burghers of Calais
- 2 A new ruler and a new regime: the town and the garrison in the early years of English rule
- 3 Setting up the Staple: a new role for Calais
- 4 Triumph and disaster: Henry V, the collapse of the Anglo-Burgundian alliance and the resurgence of France
- 5 Calais as a base for political intrigue: Yorkists, Lancastrians and the earl of Warwick
- 6 The heyday of the Company of the Staple: merchants and their lives
- 7 Religious and political change: Henry VII, Henry VIII and the Reformation
- 8 The town and trade: the later fortunes of the Company of the Staple and of the Johnson partnership
- 9 The end of the story: the loss of Calais to the French
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- CalaisAn English Town in France, 1347–1558, pp. viiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2008