CSG Journal 2009-10

The Society's principal publications are the Journal and the Bibliography. The Journal, published each December, is one of the UK’s leading periodicals in the field. Medieval castles of the British Isles have always been one of the particular strengths of the journal, but there are no geographical limits to its range, which continues to expand. Selected pdf articles from the Journal issues of from two or more years ago are freely available for consultation on-line here. All subscribing members receive the journal as part of the membership package.

The 2009-10 issue is now available. The cover image of Adare Castle and bridge is taken from the Annual Proceedings section, a 100+ page summary of the CSG’s Annual Conference in Limerick in 2009. Other articles include a detailed account of the history of machicolation, an examination the re-creation of Kenilworth’s Elizabethan privy garden, a report of the Dover Great Tower Conference, a recent re-examination of Colchester Castle donjon, and a discussion of current revisionist debates in castle studies. The Journal concludes with an article by the CSG’s founder Bob Higham about Richard, Earl of Cornwall and his West Country castles.

Journal articles for 2009-10 include:

Kenilworth Castle’s Elizabethan Garden - Neil Guy pp. 156-172
The Dover Great Tower Conference - London - September 2009 - Morag Fyfe. pp.173-177
The Internal Arrangement of the Donjon at Colchester - Pamela Marshall pp.178-190
Machicolation: History and Significance - John Harris pp. 191-214
Guns & loops during the first half-century of gunpowder artillery - Peter Purton pp. 215-219
Revisionism in castle studies: The Unresolved Issue of Castles and War - Richard Hulme pp.220-231
Patterns in Licences to Crenellate - Colin Platt pp. 232-233
Afterthought: Launceston, Lydford, Richard of Cornwall and current debates - R Higham. pp.242-251,

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