Further reading

The medieval castle in England and Wales by Norman Pounds (Cambridge University Press, 1993) £21.99
'The best book of all on the subject' – Mick Aston.

Norman Castles in Britain by Derek Wren (John Baker)
Standard text with gazetteer of the Norman castles of Britain.

Timber Castles by Bob Higham and Philip Barker (Batsford, 1994) paperback £35
Some of the greatest medieval castles survive only as earthworks and in pictures and written accounts of the period because they were made of timber. Timber castles were built throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, and this, the first comprehensive survey, restores them to their rightful place in the history of fortifications.

Norman England by Trevor Rowley (English Heritage, 1997) paperback £15.99
How much did the Norman Conquest change the lives of ordinary people? This book looks at the castles, towns and churches that sprung out of Saxon soil. The author also discusses the Domesday Book in the light of recent archaeological evidence, as well as how the everyday landscape, away from major centres, still reflects Norman influence.

Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest by H R Loyn Addison Wesley (Longman Higher Education, 1991) paperback £20.99
More than 30 years since its first edition, this book still remains a standard text on the social and economic development of Anglo-Saxon England from the first settlements in the fifth and sixth centuries AD to the immediate aftermath of the Norman Conquest. It draws on surviving legal and literary sources, as well as the latest findings of archaeologists, numismatists and art historians.