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The military careerist in fourteenth-century England (2016)
Journal Article
Ayton, A. (2017). The military careerist in fourteenth-century England. Journal of Medieval History, 43(1), 4-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2016.1236499

This article seeks to explain how it was that the careerist soldier became so prominent and ubiquitous a feature of the English military scene during the second half of the fourteenth century. Beginning with a characterisation of the military careeri... Read More about The military careerist in fourteenth-century England.

The Mariner in fourteenth-century England (2012)
Book Chapter
Lambert, C., & Ayton, A. (2012). The Mariner in fourteenth-century England. Fourteenth Century England VII (153-176). Cambridge University Press

The Shipman is among the most colourful, and yet enigmatic, of the Canterbury pilgrims who rub shoulders in Geoffrey Chaucer's exuberantly drawn group portrait of the middling ranks of late fourteenth-century English society. The vivid character sket... Read More about The Mariner in fourteenth-century England.

Armies and military communities in fourteenth-century England (2009)
Book Chapter
Ayton, A. C. (2009). Armies and military communities in fourteenth-century England. In P. R. Coss, & C. Tyerman (Eds.), Soldiers, nobles and gentlemen: essays in honour of Maurice Keen (215-239). Woodbridge: Boydell Press