Derek Renn
A noted scholar of castles
Dedicated to the works of Derek Renn, a noted scholar in the field of castle studies, we have CASTLES: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE and SYMBOLISM Essays in Honour of Derek Renn available to purchase only from us here at The Castle Studies Group.
It is now at a special exclusive discounted price for UK members (@ £20.00 plus £5.00 post & packing). The UK non-member price is 34.95 plus postage & packing (£5.05) within the UK. Non-members who purchase a new copy of:
CASTLES: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LANDSCAPE, ARCHITECTURE and SYMBOLISM
Contents & Contributors:
Derek Renn: From Actuary to Antiquarian – NEIL GUY
A Retrospection and Commemoration – CHARLES COULSON
The eleventh-century elite landscapes of Nantwich Castle and Acton, Cheshire a paradigm shift in continuity of site significance? – RACHEL SWALLOW
The Romanesque Donjon at Montbazon: A Reassessment – PAMELA MARSHALL
New castle and Danes castle – local memory in medieval and later Exeter – ROBERT HIGHAM
The Round Tower of Barnard Castle – MALCOLM HISLOP
Innovative Castle Design on the Western Fringe of the Angevin Empire – DANIEL TIETZSCH-TYLER
Philippe Auguste ‘tours’ – JEAN MESQUI
Two remarkable North Yorkshire buildings: Middleham ’s great tower and Helmsley ’s west tower – JOHN R. KENYON
Fog in the Channel? Influences in Anglo-French castle building – JEREMY K KNIGHT
A medieval wall breaker: origins, evolution and impact of the trebuchet – PETER PURTON
Roscommon Castle, the Otherworld, and the True Cross – TADHG O’KEEFFE
Broad Gate, Ludlow: ‘James of St. George’ beyond North Wales? – NEIL GUY
Bothwell: a Welsh Marches castle in Scotland? – NEIL LUDLOW
Hugh Despenser and Caerphilly Castle – RICK TURNER AND STEPHEN PRIESTLEY
The Water Tower – Chester – Revisited – DAVID MERCER
Langley Castle – TOM McNEILL AND GILLIAN SCOTT
Stourton and Collyweston: two lost fifteenth-century mansions – ANTHONY EMERY
What do castles want? – MATTHEW H JOHNSON
Patron and Builder – PHILIP DIXON
The published works of Derek Renn 1957 – 2018
Index – places, people, architectural features, cultural artefacts