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
Preface
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
This idea for this book was first conceived some time ago, but in the interim I have been very fortunate to have had the opportunity to discuss and mull over some of the interpretations put forward at the Fifteenth Century conferences, both in formal sessions and during the enjoyable dinners and outings which have always been a feature of these gatherings.
It will also be clear to any reader how much I have benefited from the work of others who have been interested in the fortunes of Calais while it was in English hands. This applies particularly to Dr David Grummitt and Professor Morgan, whose doctoral theses have helped me greatly. I am of course responsible for any errors in this work, but it would not have even got started without their invaluable work on the mass of material relating to Calais in the National Archives. I am deeply in their debt. I am also very grateful to Clifford Rogers for allowing me to use his unpublished transcription and translation of the Saint-Omer Chronicle (Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris, MS fr. 693).
Thanks are also due to the staff and librarians at the National Archives and the British Library who do so much to smooth the path of any historian and writer.
Finally my thanks are due to my family, who have nobly put up with my interest in Calais, and in the case of my husband accompanied me on a visit to the town and the Pale.
This book is dedicated to four of my granddaughters; I hope they will enjoy it.
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- CalaisAn English Town in France, 1347–1558, pp. ix - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2008