The Fighting Essex Soldier: Recruitment, War and Society in the Fourteenth Century

by Christopher P. Thornton (Editor), Neil Wiffen (Editor), Jennifer C. Ward (Editor)

The wars of the fourteenth-century English kings with France and Scotland resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of men involved in warfare on land and sea. This book draws upon new research to identify and analyze these soldiers at all social levels in the specific context of the county of Essex.

256 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2017

About the author

Christopher P. Thornton is a specialist in the ancient metallurgy of the Middle East, combining anthropological theory with archaeometrical analysis to understand the development and diffusion of metallurgical technologies throughout Eurasia. He is currently a Consulting Scholar of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, where he received his PhD in 2009, and the Lead Program Officer of research grants at the National Geographic Society.