Kastelenboeken die zijn gebruikt voor het bepalen van de top 100

Algemene boeken over kastelen

• "Atlas des Châteaux forts" - Brigitte Coppin, Casterman France (2001)
• "Burgen, Symbole der Macht" - Joachim Zeune, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg (1997)
• "Burgen in Mittel Europa" - Horst Wolfgang Bohme, Deutsche Burgenverein, Theiss, Duitsland (1999)
• "Burgen und stadte des Mittelalters" - Wolfgang F. Schuerl, Ebeling Verlag Wiesbaden (1977)
• "Burgen und Wehranlagen Von der Antike bis Ende des 20. jahrhunderts" - Martin Brice, Weltbild Verlag (1992)
• "Burgenkunde" - Otto Piper, Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg (1996, orginal 1912)
• "Castles, their construction and history" - Sidney Toy, Toronto (1985, original: London)
• "Castles and Fortresses" - Robin S. Oggins, Metrobooks (1995)
• "Castles in Colour" - Anthony Kemp, Blandford Press (1977)
• "Castles of Europe" - Carlos Paluzie de Lescazes - San EGC SA, Barcelona (
• "Castles of Europe" - Geoffrey Hindley, Paul Hamlyn Limited (1968)
• "Der Wehrbau Europas im Mittelalter" - Bodo Ebhardt, Braubach (1958, orginal 1939)
• "Die Burg in Wander der Weltgeschichte" - Carl Schuchhardt, Weidlich (1981)
• "Europese kastelen" - R.A. Brown, Blandford Press Ltd. (1980, translated from Engels)
• "Kastelen-Ooggetuigen serie" - Christopher Gravett, Dorling Kindersley London (1994)
• "Kastelen & Vestingen" - Chriss Gravett, Atrium (2001)
• "Kastelen van Europa" - Dobroslav Libal, Praha Aventinum (1992)
• "Medieval Castles" - Conrad Cairns, Cambridge University Press (1987)
• "Spoken en kastelen in Europa" - J.J. Mostard, Het Spektrum, Utrecht (1977)
• "Standvastige Monumenten - Europese kastelen en forten vanuit de lucht" - Atrium (2004) - org.: "Grandi castelli visti dal cielo" - Colofon Venezia (1978)
• * "The historical atlas of knights & castles" - Dr. Ian Barnes, Cartographica Press ltd, London (2007)
• "The medieval fortress; Castles, forts and walled cities of the middle ages - J.E. Kaufman & H.W. Kaufman, Da Capo Press (2001)

Boeken over een specifiek land of gebied

• "Indian Castles 1206-1526(Fortress 51)" - Konstantin S Nossov, Osprey Publishing ltd, New York (2006)
• "Japanese Castles 1540-1640" - Stephen Turnbull, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Oxford (2003)

• "1000 Jaar kastelen in Nederland" - H.L. Janssen, Stichting Matrijs Utrecht (1996)
• "Atlas van de Nederlandse kastelen" - dr. K.A. Kalkwiek, A.W. Sijthoff, Alphen aan den Rijn (1980)
• * "Burchten en kastelen van België" (10 delen) - G.H. Dumont, N.V. Historia, Brussel (1972)
• "Châteaux du Luxembourg"
• "De mooiste kastelen van België" - Reader's Digest Belgium (?)
• "Kastelen: De schoonheid van ons land" - Prof. dr. E.H. ter Kuile, Contact, Amsterdam (1954)
• "Langs kastelen, burchten en donjons-routes in Nederland en België" -
• "Merkwaardige kastelen in Nederland" - J. van Lennep, B.V. Foresta, Groningen (1983, oorspronkelijk 1860)

• "Alte Burgen, schöne Schlösser" - Das Beste, Stuttgart (1980)
• "Castles of Germany" - Barney Kirchhoff, Stars and stripes, Darmstadt (1967)
• * "Deutsche Burgen und feste Schlösser aus allen Ländern deutscher Zunge" - Karl Robert Langewiesche - Verlag Königstein im Taunus, Leipzig (1913)

• "An essay on the military architecture of the middle ages" - Viollet-le-Duc, Greenwood press publishers, Westport (1977, orginal 1860)
• "Châteaux forts et fortifications en France" - Jean Mesqui, Flammarion, Parijs (1997)
• "Larousse des Châteaux" - Gerhard Denizeau, Larousse, France (2005)
• "The Châteaux of france" - Francois Gebbelin, Presses Universitaires de France (1962)

• * "Best of Britain's castles, 100 of the most impressive historic sites in Britain - AA Publishing, Hampshire (2005)
• "Castles of Britain and Ireland" - Francois Gebbelin, Plantagenet Somerset Fry, David & Charles Book (1996)
• * "Castles of Wales, a guide" - Lindsay Evans, Constable, London (1998)
• "Strongholds of the realm" - Charles Keightly, Thames and Hudson London (1979 )
• "The national trust book of British castles" - Paul Johnson, Book Club Associates, London (1978)

• "Italië, Grote reisencyclopedie van Europa" - ?, Lekturama (1985)
• "Castelli d'Italia" - Touring Club Italiano, Milaan (1995)
• "Castles in Italy" - Clemente Manenti, Könemann, Keulen (2001)

• "Crusader castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571 (Fortress 59)" - David Nicolle, Osprey Publishing ltd, New York (2007)
• "Crusader castles in the holy land 1097 - 1192 (Fortress 21)" - David Nicolle, Osprey Publishing ltd, New York (2004)
• "Unknown Crusader Castles" - Kristian Molin, Hambledon and London (2001)
• "Crusader castles in the holy land 1192 - 1302 (Fortress 32)" - , Osprey Publishing ltd, New York (2005)

•  Burgen und Schlösser in Slowenien" - Ivan Stopar, Cankarjeva Zalozba, Ljubljana (1989)
• "Crusader castles of the teutonic knights - 1 (Prussia 1230-1466, Fortress 11)"" - Stephen Turnbull, Osprey Publishing ltd, New York (2003)
• "Crusader castles of the teutonic knights - 2 (Latvia and Estonia 1185-1560, Fortress 19)" - Stephen Turnbull, Osprey Publishing ltd, New York (2004)
• "Ungarische Burgen" - Balazs Dercsenyi, Officina, Klado (1996)
• "Encyklopedie Ceskych Hradu / Tomas Durdik, Nakladatelstvi Libri, Praha (2005)
• * "Zamki W Polsche" - Bohdan Guerquin, Arkady, Warsawa (1984)
• * "Zamki w Polsche" - Christian Parma/Gregorz Rudzinski, Wydawnictwo Parma Press, Marki (2008)

• "Castles in Spain" - Rheinhart Wolf, Abeville Press, New York (1983)
• "Medieval Castles of Spain" - Luis Montreal y Tejada, Lunwerg Editores (1999)

Historische boeken en diversen

• "Atlas van middeleeuws Europa"
• Kastelen die in de spellen Stronghold en Stronghold Crusader zijn gebruikt
• Kastelen die voor de eCards van Burgenwelt.de zijn gebruikt
• "The high middle ages in Germany"
• "The past from above" - Charlotte Trumpler, Frances Lincoln Publishing ltd, London (2003)
• "Warfare-Cambridge Illustrated History"
• World Heritage Site: http://www.worldheritagesite.org/categories/category18.html
• http://pages.infinit.net/celte/Château.html