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Database Takes Scholars to Medieval Battlefields

Free searchable database includes facts on salary, health, knighthood

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(Newser) – British researchers have posted records of some 250,000 medieval soldiers in a searchable online database, the BBC reports. Now, interested parties can easily learn about the lives of fighters in the Hundred Years’ War, including salary, health, and knighthood information—for free. The “remarkable” records, says one researcher, names “every soldier from duke to archer.”

“The service records survive because the English exchequer had a very modern obsession with wanting to be sure that the government's money was being spent as intended,” the researcher noted.

The database names soldiers
The database names soldiers "from duke to archer," said a researcher involved.   (Shutterstock)
Circa 1417, King Henry V of England (1387 - 1422).
Circa 1417, King Henry V of England (1387 - 1422).   (Getty Images)
King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.
King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.   (Getty Images)
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justapirate
Jul 21, 09 4:20 PM CDT
Now if only we could do the same for all of the soldiers lst in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Reply
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justapirate
Jul 21, 09 4:20 PM CDT
lost*
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2-bits
Jul 21, 09 7:24 PM CDT
We can, but probably won't out of respect for the families. In a few decades, maybe.
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polstroad
Jul 21, 09 6:07 PM CDT
Odd that this Newser extract, and its source (BBC) tell us about the website but we are not given the URL....now that is scholarship. Reply
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polstroad
Jul 21, 09 6:10 PM CDT
here it is...golly I work so hard www.medievalsoldier.org. Reply
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