Medieval Warfare Magazine

SOLDIERS ON THE HIGH SEAS

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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