ENGLISH MILITARY ORDINANCES 1385-1599: Discipline and Control in English Royal Armies from Richard II to Elizabeth I

Offers important new insights into how the armies of English monarchs in the late medieval and early modern periods were governed through the issuance of disciplinary ordinances. Presents the full texts of ordinances issued for campaigns in a range of theaters of war, from the Scottish campaign of Richard II in 1385 to the Irish campaign of 1599 commanded by Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. Each set of ordinances is carefully contextualized within the campaign for which it was issued, making it possible to trace both continuity and change in the ways armies were raised, organized, and deployed. Contains 22 black and white illustrations and 16 black and white maps.