PhD Thesis by Aleksandr Lobanov
Anglo-Burgundian Military Cooperation, 1420-1435
Apart for a few episodes such as the battle of Cravant (1423), the defence of Paris (1429) and es... more Apart for a few episodes such as the battle of Cravant (1423), the defence of Paris (1429) and especially the capture of Joan of Arc at the siege of Compiègne (1430), the military aspect of Anglo-Burgundian alliance in 1420-1435 war is little known to general audience. This stage of the Hundred Years War is presented largely as a series of English successes in the 1420s followed by the defeats and setbacks after 1429. The present study aims to uncover this largely ignored aspect of one of the most dramatic stages of the Hundred Years War, which at a certain point brought the English to the walls of Orléans – an undoubted peak of their centuries-long efforts to subdue the French kingdom.
For the aims of research, the course of the Hundred Years War in the 1420s-early 1430s has to be considered not in the terms of the English fighting against the French but as a struggle of two alternative claims to the French throne, both of them relying on certain support among the French population. One of these suggested that the French crown remained with the Valois dynasty represented by Charles VII, the other tried to introduce the Dual Monarchy of England and France under the governance of the House of Lancaster, as formalised by the Treaty of Troyes (21 May 1420). The role of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, the most high-ranking French partisan of the Dual monarchy, as the pillar of the Lancastrian power in France becomes the subject of study. This raises the question of the system of obligations between the duke and the Lancastrian government, the modes of its practical exploitation and the significance of the duke’s contribution to the Lancastrian war efforts.
With this in mind, this study provides a chronological reconstruction of Anglo-Burgundian military cooperation in its development by placing it in a wider military and diplomatic context. Having assembled the evidence on the
practice of military assistance it proceeds to discussing the most widely employed models of cooperation and interaction between the allies eventually leading to a certain reconsideration of the whole nature of the Anglo-Burgundian alliance. The research reveals the scale and continuity of the alliance which retained its importance from December 1419 to September 1435, the significance of the allies’ efforts in supporting each other and variety of its models and, finally, the crucial influence of the military power or weakness factor on the diplomacy and politics in France.
Papers by Aleksandr Lobanov
Vox Medii Aevi, 2024
Герцог Бедфорд, регент Франции и наследник двух корон Ланкастеров, на поле боя После смерти в 142... more Герцог Бедфорд, регент Франции и наследник двух корон Ланкастеров, на поле боя После смерти в 1422 г. Генриха V и Карла VI и провозглашения по договору в Труа королем Франции младенца Генриха VI управление французским королевством в составе двуединой монархии Ланкастеров оказалось в руках старшего из дядей нового короля, Джона, герцога Бедфорда (1389-1435). Заняв пост регента Франции, он сохранил его до своей смерти в 1435 г., являясь одновременно наследником корон Англии и Франции. В историографии его обычно изображают прежде всего умелым администратором и политиком, несколько упуская из виду значительный военный опыт Бедфорда и его личное участие в боевых действиях уже в качестве регента. Статья анализирует подобные эпизоды -принятие капитуляции Иври и сражение при Вернёе (1424 г.), противостояние при Монтепилуа (1429 г.), осады Мёлана (1423 г.) и Ланьи-сюр-Марн (1432 г.) -и роль, которую регент играл на поле боя. Представляется, что Бедфорд становился во главе войска в тех случаях, когда речь шла о существенной угрозе власти династии Ланкастеров во Франции или их контролю над Парижем. Таким образом, можно полагать, что для него участие в военных действиях было не средством снискать воинскую славу, а скорее частью обязанностей и ответственности правителя.
Philip the Good’s Appointment as King’s Lieutenant in Anglo-Burgundian France, 1429
Documenting Warfare. Records of the Hundred Years War, Edited and Translated in Honour of Anne Curry, 2024
All the King’s Men: the Soldier in Later Medieval England Database
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ChristopherThornton, JenniferWard, and NeilWiffen, eds., The fighting Essex soldier: recruitment, war and society in the fourteenth century (Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, 2017. Pp. xii+178. 23 figs. 15 tabs. ISBN 9781909291881 Pbk. £18.99/$
The Economic History Review
These are the wrong sort of French! Natives of France in the service of the Lancastrian monarchy (1417–1450)
Annual of French Studies
Вся королевская рать: база данных “The Soldier in Later Medieval England”
ЭНОЖ "История", 2020
Статья знакомит читателя с онлайн-базой данных The Soldier in Later Medieval England, собравшей о... more Статья знакомит читателя с онлайн-базой данных The Soldier in Later Medieval England, собравшей около четверти миллиона записей из оригинальных источников с именами солдат, служивших королям Англии в 1369—1453 гг., и подробностями их службы. В статье дается характеристика источников, легших в основу базы данных, а также рассматриваются изменения в ее структуре и онлайн-интерфейсе в ходе ее переработки в 2016 г., приведшей базу данных в нынешнее состояние. Также обсуждается ряд проблем, возникших в ходе разработки новой версии базы данных и обосновываются принятые решения
Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History; Volume 64; Issue 4, 2019
Although much has been written on the efforts of the Lancastrian regime to impose its power in Fr... more Although much has been written on the efforts of the Lancastrian regime to impose its power in France in the aftermath of the Treaty of Troyes (1420), the role played by English military forces and administrators in some regions, such as Champagne, remains very obscure. The article examines the case of the most remote outposts of Lancastrian power in France, the gar-risons of Montigny-le-Roi and Nogent-le-Roi in the region of Bassigny in the east of Cham-pagne (now in the Département de la Haute-Marne). These garrisons have been portrayed as troublesome to both friend and foe as well as a means of putting political pressure on the duke of Burgundy. However, a study of the report on the garrisons’ abuses in the 1423–1426 and re-lated documents reveals their Anglo-French composition and provides evidence of the efforts of the Lancastrian government to impose control over the garrisons. The same report along with financial sources concerning the garrisons’ effectives makes it possible to reconsider the scale of English participation in the battle of Bulgnéville (1431). Finally, the evidence for the 1430s suggests that after the loss of most important cities of Champagne to the Dauphinists in 1429 the garrisons in Bassigny remained in close contact with the Burgundians and were engaged in a number of joint operations up until the Treaty of Arras (1435) and Franco-Bur-gundian reconciliation. Thus the article provides a more complex and dynamic picture of the history of the two garrisons and their role in Anglo-Burgundian relations within changing political and military contexts
Documents Concerning Lancastrian Normandy in the Collections of Saint Petersburg (with E. Nosova)
La Guerre en Normandie (XIe-XVe siècle), 2018
This article concerns documents relating to Normandy under English domination during the 15th-cen... more This article concerns documents relating to Normandy under English domination during the 15th-century phase of the Hundred Years' War which are to be found in the archives and libraries of Saint Petersburg. The documents derive from two principal sources: the Department of Manuscripts of the National Library of Russia and the Archives of the Saint Petersburg Historical Institute. Before coming into the NLR the relevant documents formed part of the collections of P. P. Dubrovsky (1754-1816), Prince A. Y. Lobanov-Rostovsky (1788-1866) and Count P. K. (J. P. van) Suhtelen (1751-1836). The documents in the Archives of the Saint Petersburg Historical Institute derive from the collection assembled by N. P. Likhatchev (1862-1936). The article ends with a calendar of 17 documents and a full transcript of an act of Henry VI concerning the auditing of the accounts of Pierre Surreau, receiver-general of Normandy
Французский Ежегодник, 2018
The English successes in the 1410s–1420s after the revival of the Hundred Years war were not only... more The English successes in the 1410s–1420s after the revival of the Hundred Years war were not only due to their military supremacy but also to the deep political crisis in France which made it possible for the English king to be proclaimed heir to the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes (1420). In the 1420s the English claim to the French throne was able to attract support of some Frenchmen and bring them into the Lancastrian service. The paper looks at some of these so-called ‘faux françois’, the Frenchmen who were active in the service of the Lancastrian regime, exploring the routes which brought them into Lancastrian administration, the role played by them in the process of government and their destiny after the Treaty of Arras (1435) broke the Anglo-Burgundian alliance and effectively ruined any chances for the house of Lancaster to unite France under its rule.
The article analyses one of the episodes of the Hundred Years War, the Treaty of Amiens — an alli... more The article analyses one of the episodes of the Hundred Years War, the Treaty of Amiens — an alliance made by the duke of Bedford, English regent of France, with the dukes of Burgundy and Brittany in an attempt to consolidate his position in the struggle against Charles VII. The treaty is often considered of little value due to a combination of factors: 1) its ‘personal’ rather than «inter-state» character; 2) subsequent defection of Brittany to the Dauphinist cause; 3) supposedly insignificant obligations of mutual military assistance. A closer look at the context in which the Treaty was concluded and implemented may reveal a different picture. The Treaty put a line under the crisis of succession triggered by the deaths in 1422 of Henry V and Charles VI: Bedford was acknowledged as regent of France for Henry VI, and took upon himself the obligations Henry V had had towards the duke of Burgundy by their agreement of December 1419. This may suggest that the Lancastrian regime in France had a dual nature based on the Treaty of Troyes (1420) with Charles VI as well as on «personal» treaties with the duke of Burgundy (and in 1423 of Brittany). The military component of the Treaty is found non-negligible if compared with the contemporary practice based on the documentary evidence. Finally, in spite of Breton defection it may be shown that in Anglo-Burgundian relations the Treaty remained observed up to the early 1430s.
Британский Мир. История Британии: современные исследования., 2015
Вестник РГГУ. Серия "Исторические науки. Всеобщая история" // RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. Series: Historical Studies. General History, №13 (135) (2014), С. 74-82.
Новый век: история глазами молодых. Вып. 10, 2011
Новый век: История глазами молодых. Сборник научных трудов. Вып. 9. , 2010
This paper in Russian analyzes the development or better say the collapse of Anglo-Burgundian rel... more This paper in Russian analyzes the development or better say the collapse of Anglo-Burgundian relations after the Treaty of Arrass, leading to the outbreak of the Anglo-Burgundian war in 1436.
The key thesis is that neither English nor Burgundian government were really wanted this war to start and that the political role of the duke of Gloucester during this period may be overestimated.
It is suggested that the outbreak of war was due to the English goverment's inability rather then lack of desire to prevent their subjects from abuses against Burgundians perceived as traitors. This in turn made Philip the Good try to solve a number of problems in relations with the English by conquering Calais.
Talks and Conference Papers by Aleksandr Lobanov
The Soldier in Later Medieval England Database: Perspectives for redevelopment
Between the Letter and the Spirit of Cooperation: The System of Obligations behind the Anglo-Burgundian Alliance, 1420–35,
К вопросу о численности бургундской армии в кампании 1421 г. // On the effectives of the Burgundian army in the campaign of 1421
Who was then a Frenchman? Describing collective identities of Lancastrian France
In the Far East of Lancastrian France: English garrisons is Bassigny
The paper looking at one of the later stages of the Hundred Years War aims to explore the relatio... more The paper looking at one of the later stages of the Hundred Years War aims to explore the relations between the English military forces in France in the 1420s -1430s with their French and Burgundian partisans. A case study under consideration are the two garrisons – those of Nogent-le-Roy and Montigny-le-Roy – on eastern borders of Champagne in the royal bailliage of Chaumont (now the departément of Haute Marne). The English presence in the region established c. 1424-1425 and was maintained for about a decade, until the rupture of the Anglo-Burgundian alliance in 1435. The specifics of these garrisons is their location on the very periphery of the Lancastrian kingdom of France in the region adjacent to the borders of Burgundy, over 250 km away from Paris and some 200 km away from the nearest English garrisons at Meaux, Montereau and Villeneuve-le-Roy (now Villeneuve-sur-Yonne). Their isolation became still more complete when most of the Champagne was lost to the Dauphinists in 1429. These factors must have resulted in little control over these garrisons from the Lancastrian government in Paris and, especially in the 1430s their greater contacts with the Burgundian administration. The paper will make an attempt to place the history of the garrisons of Nogent and Montigny within the greater context of the Anglo-Burgundian relations in the 1420s-1430s by looking at the personalities of the captains and soldiers serving there, their engagement in the Lancastrian and Burgundian military enterprises and their conflicts with local population and nobles.
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PhD Thesis by Aleksandr Lobanov
For the aims of research, the course of the Hundred Years War in the 1420s-early 1430s has to be considered not in the terms of the English fighting against the French but as a struggle of two alternative claims to the French throne, both of them relying on certain support among the French population. One of these suggested that the French crown remained with the Valois dynasty represented by Charles VII, the other tried to introduce the Dual Monarchy of England and France under the governance of the House of Lancaster, as formalised by the Treaty of Troyes (21 May 1420). The role of Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, the most high-ranking French partisan of the Dual monarchy, as the pillar of the Lancastrian power in France becomes the subject of study. This raises the question of the system of obligations between the duke and the Lancastrian government, the modes of its practical exploitation and the significance of the duke’s contribution to the Lancastrian war efforts.
With this in mind, this study provides a chronological reconstruction of Anglo-Burgundian military cooperation in its development by placing it in a wider military and diplomatic context. Having assembled the evidence on the
practice of military assistance it proceeds to discussing the most widely employed models of cooperation and interaction between the allies eventually leading to a certain reconsideration of the whole nature of the Anglo-Burgundian alliance. The research reveals the scale and continuity of the alliance which retained its importance from December 1419 to September 1435, the significance of the allies’ efforts in supporting each other and variety of its models and, finally, the crucial influence of the military power or weakness factor on the diplomacy and politics in France.
Papers by Aleksandr Lobanov
The key thesis is that neither English nor Burgundian government were really wanted this war to start and that the political role of the duke of Gloucester during this period may be overestimated.
It is suggested that the outbreak of war was due to the English goverment's inability rather then lack of desire to prevent their subjects from abuses against Burgundians perceived as traitors. This in turn made Philip the Good try to solve a number of problems in relations with the English by conquering Calais.
Talks and Conference Papers by Aleksandr Lobanov