List of works - Derek Renn

'Master Jordan, who made the King's trébuchet'

scholarly article by Derek Renn published April 2004 in Arms & Armour

A Scholar and a Gentleman; Edward Hasted, the Historian of Kent. By Shirley Burgoyne Black. 225mm. Pp xiv plus 469, 39 half-tone ills plus pedigree. Otford: Darenth Valley Publications, 2001. ISBN 0950733482. £25

A bridge framework from Camlet Moat, Trent Park, Enfield Middlesex ⬇️

article published in 1967

A return to the burh-geat ⬇️

journal article published in 2016

Ailnoth 'The Engineer' and Orford Castle

article published in 2012

Alban's Buried Towns: An Assessment of St Albans' Archaeology up to AD 1600. By Rosalind Niblett and Isobel Thompson. 280mm. Pp xv + 413, 6 plans, 12 tables, 156 figs. Oxford: Oxbow Books with English Heritage, 2005. ISBN 1842171496. £40 (hdbk)

An Angevin gatehouse at Skipton Castle (Yorkshire, West Riding)

article published in 1975

Anglo-Norman Studies XIII, XIV, XV. Edited by Marjorie Chibnall. 240mm. Pp. 286, 337, 315, ills. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1991, 1992, 1993. ISSN 0954-9927. ISBN 0-85115-286-4, 316-X, 336-4. £39.50 per volume

Archaeology in the City of London, 1907–91: a Guide to the Records of Excavations by the Museum of London and its Predecessors. Edited by John Schofield and Cath Maloney. 297mm. Pp vii + 340. London: Museum of London Archaeological Gazetteer series

Arrow-loops in the Great Tower of Kenilworth castle: Symbolism vs Active/Passive 'Defence' ⬇️

article published in 2011

Attack and Defence at Old Soar Manor, Plaxtol ⬇️

article published in 2001

Beeston Castle, Cheshire: Excavations By Laurence Keen and Peter Hough, 1968–85. Compiled and edited by Peter Ellis

book review published in 1994

Behind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance. By Matthew Johnson. 233mm. Pp xix plus 209, 60 ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0415261007 (pbk), 0415255871 (hbk). £15.99 (pbk), £50 (hbk)

book review published in 2003

Belmont Castle: The Excavation of a Crusader Stronghold in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. By Richard P Harper and Denys Pringle. 310mm. Pp 261, 82 figs, 61 pls. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Council for British Research in the Levant

Bone and Stone: two Norman representations of attacks on castles

article published in 2018

Burgheat and gonfanon: two sidelights from the Bayeux Tapestry

article published in 1994

Caerphilly Castle

guide book published in 1989

Caerphilly Castle

guidebook published in 1997

Caerphilly Castle

book (work)

Canterbury Castle in the Early Middle Ages

chapter published in 1982

Carrickfergus Castle. By T. E. McNeill. (Northern Ireland Archaeological Monographs, No. 1.) 27 × 22 cm. Pp. xiii + 88 + 29 pls. (2 folding) + 30 figs. Belfast: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1981. £5•90

Castellarium Anglicanum: An Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands. By David J. Cathcart King. 2 vols., 18 x 26 cm. lxviii + 676 pp., 23 pIs, 60 maps. Millwood, New York: Kraus International Publications, 1983

book review published in 1984

Castles and Landscapes. By O H Creighton. 250mm. Pp xiii plus 270, 94 ills, 4 tables. London and New York: Continuum, 2002. ISBN 0826458963. £65

Castles in England and Wales. By W. Douglas Simpson. 9 × 6. Pp. ix + 174 + 37 pls. + 23 plans. London: B. T. Batsford, 1969. £2. 2s.

article

Castles in Ireland: Feudal Power in a Gaelic World. By Tom McNeill. 250mm. Pp xiii + 261, 132 figs. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0-415-16537-7. £35.00

book review published in 1999

Chastel de Dynan: the first phases of Ludlow

chapter published in 1987

Clarendon: landscape of kings. By Tom Beaumont James and Christopher Gerrard. 245mm. Pp 285, 87 figs, inc 43 col. Macclesfield: The Windgather Press, 2007. ISBN 9781905119110. £25 (pbk)

Defending Framlingham Castle ⬇️

article published in 1973

Domesday Book. A Reassessment. Edited By Peter Sawyer. 24 × 16 cm. Pp. x + 182, 10 figs., 7 pls. London: Edward Arnold, 1985. ISBN 0-7131-6440-9. £25•00

English fortifications in 1485

article published in 1987

Excavations at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, 1921–1996. By C J Young. 300mm. Pp xii + 231, 68 figs, 55 pls, 36 tables. Salisbury: Trust for Wessex Archaeology (Wessex Archaeology Report, 18), 2000. ISBN 1–874350–27–2. £21.50

Excavations at Medieval Cripplegate, London. Archaeology after the Blitz, 1946–68. By Gustav Milne with Nathalie Cohen, with contributions by Tony Dyson, Jacqueline Pearce and Mike Webber.

Excavations at Rhuddlan, Clwyd 1969–73: Mesolithic to Medieval. By Henrietta Quinnell and Marion R. Blockley with Peter Berridge

Excavations at South Mimms Castle, Hertfordshire 1960–91

book published in 2013

Flint Castle, Ewloe Castle

guidebook published in 1995

Flint and Ewloe Castles

guidebook published in 2001

Framlingham and Orford Castles

book published in 1992

Goodrich Castle

guidebook published in 1993

Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500. Volume II. East Anglia, Central England and Wales. By Anthony Emery. 285mm. Pp xv + 724, 364 pls, 176 figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0–521–58131–1. £125.00

book review published in 2001

Gunpowder: the History of an International Technology. Edited by Brenda J. Buchanan. 240mm. Pp. xxvii + 403, ills. Bath: Bath University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-86197-124-8. £50.00

Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History. By Simon Thurley. 315mm. Pp x plus 450, ills. New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2003. ISBN 0300102232. £35

Henry VIII's Coastal Artillery Fort at Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex. By Martin Biddle, Jonathan Hiller, Ian Scott and Anthony Streeten

Kenilworth Castle

guidebook published in 1991

Kenilworth Castle

guidebook published in 1973

Lidelea Castle—A Suggested Identification

Medieval Archaeology. Understanding Traditions and Contemporary Approaches. By Christopher M Gerrard. 240mm. Pp xvii + 302, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 041523462X. £67.50 (hdbk); 0415234638, £19-99 (pbk)

book review published in 2005

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology at Rochester. Edited by T Ayers and T Tattonbrown. 245 mm. Pp xii + 321, ills. Leeds: British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions XXVIII, Maney Publishing, 2006

Medieval London Houses. By John Schofield. 300mm. Pp. 272, 300 ills (11 col.). New Haven/London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1995. ISBN 0-300-05578-1. £40.00

Mottes: A Classification

1959 scholarly article

Mottes: A Correction

Norman Castles in Britain

book published in 1968

Norman Castles in Britain

book published in 1973

Nottingham Castle, a place full royal. By C. Drage

Oxford Before the University: The Late Saxon and Norman Archaeology of the Thames Crossing, the Defences and the Town. Edited by Anne Dodd

Pevensey Castle

guidebook published in 1970

Plantagenêt castle building in England in the second half of the twelfth century

chapter published in 2000

Refortification at Rochester in the 1220s: a public/private partnership ⬇️

article published in 2004

Reviews

scientific article published on January 1964

Reviews

scientific article published on January 1968

Reviews

scientific article published on January 1969

Reviews

scientific article published on January 1970

Reviews of Books

Short Reviews

Spatial Analysis in Archaeology. By Ian Hodder and Clive Orton. 9×6. Pp. viii + 270 + 143 figs. Cambridge: University Press, 1976. £7·95

Studies in Medieval History Presented to R.Allen Brown. Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher Houldsworth and Janet L. Nelson. 240 × 160mm. Pp. xiv + 360, 8 figs., 74 pls.

book review published in 1989

The Anglo-Norman Keep, 1066-1138

The Avranches Traverse at Dover Castle ⬇️

article published in 1969

The Border Towers of Scotland: Their History and Architecture. The West March (Dumfriesshire and Eastern Galloway). By Alistair M T Maxwell-Irving

The Bridges of Medieval England: Transport and Society 400-1800. By David Harrison. 240mm. Pp xx + 249, 27 b&w pls, 2 maps, 7 tables. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004. ISBN 0199272743. £45 (hdbk)

The British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting 1975 at Guildford

The Castles of Rye and Winchelsea

article published in 1979

The Decoration of Guildford Castle Keep ⬇️

article published in 1958

The Donjon at Pembroke Castle

article published in 1968

The Earliest Gunports in Britain?

scholarly article by Derek Renn published in January 1968

The Keep at New Buckenham

article published in 1961

The Keep of Wareham Castle ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1960

The Past Population of Britain: An Archaeological Approach

scientific article published in March 1960

The Rise of the Castle. By M. W. Thompson. 253 × 196mm. Pp. ix + 204, 117 ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 0521-37544-4. £19.95

The Round Keeps of the Brecon Region

article published in 1961

The Southampton arcade ⬇️

article published in 1964

The Study of the Past in the Victorian Age. Edited by Vanessa Brand. 244mm. Pp vii + 173, 36 figs. Oxford: Oxbow Books

The Temple of Mithras, London: Excavations by W. F. Grimes and A. Williams at the Walbrook. By John D Shepherd. 295mm. Pp xx + 261, 256 figs, 46 tables. London: English Heritage, Archaeological Report 12, 1998. ISBN 1-85074-628-1. £20.00

The Tower of London Moat: Archaeological Excavations 1995–1999. By Graham Keevil. 295mm. Pp xix + 315, 183 figures and col ills. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology, Historic Royal Palaces Monogr 1, 2004. ISBN 0904220354. £14.99 (pbk)

The Turris de Penuesel: a Final Note

article published in the Sussex Archaeological Collections in 2015

The Water Tower at Chester ⬇️

article published in 1958

The demolition of the keep at Benington

The development of fortification in England 1166-1236

thesis

The first Norman Castles in England 1051-1071

article

The military effectiveness of arrow-loops: some experiments at White Castle

article published in 1982

The portcullis in medieval great towers: an impression

article published in 2008

The tower of Stone Castle, Greenhithe ⬇️

article published in 1981

The turris de penuesel: a reappraisal and a theory ⬇️

article published in the Sussex Archaeological Collections in 1971

Tonbridge and Some Other Gatehouses

chapter published in 1981

Tonbridge and some other Gatehouses

chapter published in 1973

Two views from the roof: design and defence at Conwy and Stokesay

Western Approaches: the original entrance front of Caerphilly Castle ⬇️

article published in 2017

List of works by Derek Renn

'Master Jordan, who made the King's trébuchet'

A Scholar and a Gentleman; Edward Hasted, the Historian of Kent. By Shirley Burgoyne Black. 225mm. Pp xiv plus 469, 39 half-tone ills plus pedigree. Otford: Darenth Valley Publications, 2001. ISBN 0950733482. £25

A bridge framework from Camlet Moat, Trent Park, Enfield Middlesex ⬇️

A return to the burh-geat ⬇️

Ailnoth 'The Engineer' and Orford Castle

Alban's Buried Towns: An Assessment of St Albans' Archaeology up to AD 1600. By Rosalind Niblett and Isobel Thompson. 280mm. Pp xv + 413, 6 plans, 12 tables, 156 figs. Oxford: Oxbow Books with English Heritage, 2005. ISBN 1842171496. £40 (hdbk)

An Angevin gatehouse at Skipton Castle (Yorkshire, West Riding)

Anglo-Norman Studies XIII, XIV, XV. Edited by Marjorie Chibnall. 240mm. Pp. 286, 337, 315, ills. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1991, 1992, 1993. ISSN 0954-9927. ISBN 0-85115-286-4, 316-X, 336-4. £39.50 per volume

Archaeology in the City of London, 1907–91: a Guide to the Records of Excavations by the Museum of London and its Predecessors. Edited by John Schofield and Cath Maloney. 297mm. Pp vii + 340. London: Museum of London Archaeological Gazetteer series

Arrow-loops in the Great Tower of Kenilworth castle: Symbolism vs Active/Passive 'Defence' ⬇️

Attack and Defence at Old Soar Manor, Plaxtol ⬇️

Beeston Castle, Cheshire: Excavations By Laurence Keen and Peter Hough, 1968–85. Compiled and edited by Peter Ellis

Behind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance. By Matthew Johnson. 233mm. Pp xix plus 209, 60 ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0415261007 (pbk), 0415255871 (hbk). £15.99 (pbk), £50 (hbk)

Belmont Castle: The Excavation of a Crusader Stronghold in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. By Richard P Harper and Denys Pringle. 310mm. Pp 261, 82 figs, 61 pls. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the Council for British Research in the Levant

Bone and Stone: two Norman representations of attacks on castles

Burgheat and gonfanon: two sidelights from the Bayeux Tapestry

Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle

Caerphilly Castle

Canterbury Castle in the Early Middle Ages

Carrickfergus Castle. By T. E. McNeill. (Northern Ireland Archaeological Monographs, No. 1.) 27 × 22 cm. Pp. xiii + 88 + 29 pls. (2 folding) + 30 figs. Belfast: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1981. £5•90

Castellarium Anglicanum: An Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands. By David J. Cathcart King. 2 vols., 18 x 26 cm. lxviii + 676 pp., 23 pIs, 60 maps. Millwood, New York: Kraus International Publications, 1983

Castles and Landscapes. By O H Creighton. 250mm. Pp xiii plus 270, 94 ills, 4 tables. London and New York: Continuum, 2002. ISBN 0826458963. £65

Castles in England and Wales. By W. Douglas Simpson. 9 × 6. Pp. ix + 174 + 37 pls. + 23 plans. London: B. T. Batsford, 1969. £2. 2s.

Castles in Ireland: Feudal Power in a Gaelic World. By Tom McNeill. 250mm. Pp xiii + 261, 132 figs. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. ISBN 0-415-16537-7. £35.00

Chastel de Dynan: the first phases of Ludlow

Clarendon: landscape of kings. By Tom Beaumont James and Christopher Gerrard. 245mm. Pp 285, 87 figs, inc 43 col. Macclesfield: The Windgather Press, 2007. ISBN 9781905119110. £25 (pbk)

Defending Framlingham Castle ⬇️

Domesday Book. A Reassessment. Edited By Peter Sawyer. 24 × 16 cm. Pp. x + 182, 10 figs., 7 pls. London: Edward Arnold, 1985. ISBN 0-7131-6440-9. £25•00

English fortifications in 1485

Excavations at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, 1921–1996. By C J Young. 300mm. Pp xii + 231, 68 figs, 55 pls, 36 tables. Salisbury: Trust for Wessex Archaeology (Wessex Archaeology Report, 18), 2000. ISBN 1–874350–27–2. £21.50

Excavations at Medieval Cripplegate, London. Archaeology after the Blitz, 1946–68. By Gustav Milne with Nathalie Cohen, with contributions by Tony Dyson, Jacqueline Pearce and Mike Webber.

Excavations at Rhuddlan, Clwyd 1969–73: Mesolithic to Medieval. By Henrietta Quinnell and Marion R. Blockley with Peter Berridge

Excavations at South Mimms Castle, Hertfordshire 1960–91

Flint Castle, Ewloe Castle

Flint and Ewloe Castles

Framlingham and Orford Castles

Goodrich Castle

Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300–1500. Volume II. East Anglia, Central England and Wales. By Anthony Emery. 285mm. Pp xv + 724, 364 pls, 176 figs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0–521–58131–1. £125.00

Gunpowder: the History of an International Technology. Edited by Brenda J. Buchanan. 240mm. Pp. xxvii + 403, ills. Bath: Bath University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-86197-124-8. £50.00

Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History. By Simon Thurley. 315mm. Pp x plus 450, ills. New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2003. ISBN 0300102232. £35

Henry VIII's Coastal Artillery Fort at Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex. By Martin Biddle, Jonathan Hiller, Ian Scott and Anthony Streeten

Kenilworth Castle

Kenilworth Castle

Lidelea Castle—A Suggested Identification

Medieval Archaeology. Understanding Traditions and Contemporary Approaches. By Christopher M Gerrard. 240mm. Pp xvii + 302, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 041523462X. £67.50 (hdbk); 0415234638, £19-99 (pbk)

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology at Rochester. Edited by T Ayers and T Tattonbrown. 245 mm. Pp xii + 321, ills. Leeds: British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions XXVIII, Maney Publishing, 2006

Medieval London Houses. By John Schofield. 300mm. Pp. 272, 300 ills (11 col.). New Haven/London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1995. ISBN 0-300-05578-1. £40.00

Mottes: A Classification

Mottes: A Correction

Norman Castles in Britain

Norman Castles in Britain

Nottingham Castle, a place full royal. By C. Drage

Oxford Before the University: The Late Saxon and Norman Archaeology of the Thames Crossing, the Defences and the Town. Edited by Anne Dodd

Oxford Before the University: The Late Saxon and Norman Archaeology of the Thames Crossing, the Defences and the Town. Edited by Anne Dodd

Pevensey Castle

Plantagenêt castle building in England in the second half of the twelfth century

Refortification at Rochester in the 1220s: a public/private partnership ⬇️

Reviews

Reviews

Reviews

Reviews

Reviews of Books

Short Reviews

Spatial Analysis in Archaeology. By Ian Hodder and Clive Orton. 9×6. Pp. viii + 270 + 143 figs. Cambridge: University Press, 1976. £7·95

Studies in Medieval History Presented to R.Allen Brown. Edited by Christopher Harper-Bill, Christopher Houldsworth and Janet L. Nelson. 240 × 160mm. Pp. xiv + 360, 8 figs., 74 pls.

The Anglo-Norman Keep, 1066-1138

The Avranches Traverse at Dover Castle ⬇️

The Border Towers of Scotland: Their History and Architecture. The West March (Dumfriesshire and Eastern Galloway). By Alistair M T Maxwell-Irving

The Bridges of Medieval England: Transport and Society 400-1800. By David Harrison. 240mm. Pp xx + 249, 27 b&w pls, 2 maps, 7 tables. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004. ISBN 0199272743. £45 (hdbk)

The British Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting 1975 at Guildford

The Castles of Rye and Winchelsea

The Decoration of Guildford Castle Keep ⬇️

The Donjon at Pembroke Castle

The Earliest Gunports in Britain?

The Keep at New Buckenham

The Keep of Wareham Castle ⬇️

The Past Population of Britain: An Archaeological Approach

The Rise of the Castle. By M. W. Thompson. 253 × 196mm. Pp. ix + 204, 117 ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 0521-37544-4. £19.95