Table of Contents

Roles of the Sea: Views from the Shore - Richard Gorski
Changes in Ship Design and Construction: England in the European Mould - Richard W. Unger
The Value of the Cinque Ports to the Crown 1200-1500 - Susan Rose
The Contribution of the Cinque Ports to the Wars of Edward II and Edward III: New Methodologies and Estimates - Craig Lambert
Keeping the Seas: England's Admirals, 1369-1389 - David Simpkin
The Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Fourteenth-Century Naval Campaign: Margate/Cadzand, 1387 - Tony K. Moore
Piracy and Anglo-Hanseatic Relations, 1385-1420 - Marcus Pitcaithly
'Herring of Sligo and Salmon of Bann': Bristol's Maritime Trade with Ireland in the Fifteenth Century - Tim Bowly
How much did the Sea matter in Medieval England [c.1200-c.1500]? - Ian Friel

About the Author

Richard Gorski is Philip Nicholas Memorial Lecturer in Maritime History at the University of Hull. Dr. Ian Friel is a maritime historian with an international reputation and wide experience of historical and archaeological projects, such as research into Henry V's great warship Grace Dieu and the 17th-century Swash Channel Wreck (which he successfully identified as the Fame of Hoorn). After a long career working in museums, including the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the Mary Rose Trust, he went freelance in 2007 as an independent historian, museum consultant and writer.

Ian is the author of The Good Ship, The British Museum Maritime History of Britain and Ireland and Henry V's Navy, along with many papers, reports and other publications, and he has broadcast on TV and radio.

Reviews

A most welcome publication [and] a pleasure to read. It is well structured and the chapters are thought provoking and stimulating.
*HISTORY, July 2013*

A superb group of studies.
*JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES*

A fascinating volume which will be of great use to a wide range of scholars.
*SOUTHERN HISTORY*

Deserves to be on the shelves of anyone with an interest in early naval history, the origins of European trade, the building of empires and exploration, the histories of navigation and cartography, and the origins of seaborne and oceanic migration.
*NORTHERN MARINER*

A wide-ranging volume, packed with interest for the general reader as well as the specialist.
*THE RICARDIAN*

A sophisticated portrayal of a complex and very dynamic time. [...] The book offers something to all students of maritime history.
*INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY*

A wide-ranging assessment of England's increasing reliance on ships and shipping throughout the period.
*MEDIEVAL WARFARE*

An important resource.
*PIRATES & PRIVATEERS*