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List of works by Peter Purton

A History of the Early Medieval Siege, c.450-1200

Book published in 2009

A History of the Late Medieval Siege, 1200-1500

Book published in 2010

A lonely gun hole … (Oxford City wall)

article published in 2020

A medieval wall breaker: origins, evolution and impact of the trebuchet

chapter published in 2018

Bohemian Fortresses

scientific article published on January 2008

CSG tour: castles of Provence, September 2022

conference report published in 2023

Castles of conquest and dominion in Livonia

article published in 2018

Die Burgen Kaiser Friedrichs II. in Süditalien: Höhepunkt staufischer Herrschaftsarchitektur

book review published in 2022

From Tower to the Bastion. Changes in Fortress Design to Accommodate Gunpowder Artillery (14th to 16th Centuries)

scientific article

Guns and loops during the first half-century of gunpowder artillery

scientific article published on January 2009

Politics and war in the sixteenth century state

doctoral thesis by P. F. (Peter Fraser) Purton

Politics and war in the sixteenth century state : the case of the United Provinces 1585 to 1609

doctoral thesis

Rochester Castle and the Great Siege of 1215

article published in 2015

The Cathedral of St Étienne in St Brieuc (Côtes d'Armor), and some thoughts on fortified churches

scientific article published on December 2011

The High Fortress: a Guide to the Rock of Dunamase. Edited by Peigín Doyle, with contributions by John Feehan, Sharon Greene, Matthew Stout, & Brian Hodkinson. 100 pages, illus. Dublin: Wordwell and Laois County Council, 2022. Pbk. 15 euros.

book review published in 2023

The Medieval Engineer and Castles at War

chapter published in 2014

The Medieval Military Engineer

book published in 2018

The myth of the mangonel: torsion artillery in the Middle Ages

journal article; published in Arms & Armour in 2006