SOLDIERS ON THE HIGH SEAS
Mar 01, 2022
2 minutes
By Randall Moffett
he navy of the English was made up of drafted men and their ships. As discussed in previous issues, the king could demand the men of his realm for military activity. This extended to the sea, a practice that may have gone back to the Anglo-Saxon period. By the late Middle Ages, this was an
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