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Warfare and British Society, c1250–present

The experience of war, c1500–c1700

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Overview

Raising soldiers in the sixteenth century and the trained bands, the New Model Army of 1645 and its effectiveness and training, impressment, free quarter, requisitioning, the effect of sieges on towns, and why country people came to resent both sides in the Civil War.

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How were soldiers raised in sixteenth-century England?

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What were the trained bands?

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What was the New Model Army?

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  1. 1

    How were soldiers raised in sixteenth-century England?

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    Each county mustered part-time militia through the trained bands, and in an emergency the poor and unemployed were pressed into service.

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    What were the trained bands?

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    Part-time county militia who drilled a few times a year and were expected to defend their own area rather than serve abroad.

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    What was the New Model Army?

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    A full-time national army created by Parliament in 1645, paid regularly and able to be sent anywhere in the country.

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    Why was the New Model Army more effective than the forces that came before it?

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    Officers were promoted for ability rather than birth, the men were paid regularly and discipline was strictly enforced.

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    How were the soldiers of the New Model Army trained?

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    They drilled constantly at loading, firing and manoeuvring, so that whole regiments could act as one under fire.

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    What was impressment?

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    Forcing men into the army against their will, usually the poor, vagrants or prisoners who could not resist.

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