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Abstracts 6th Conference on Towers in Medieval Europe – Lund 2019 The real “donjon”. A contribution to castle terminology Bas Aarts (The Netherlands) The term “donjon” is frequently used in castle literature to refer to “the main tower” of a castle as the strongest element of the fortification. It is therefore often seen also as a “last refuge”. Jean Mesqui pointed out briefly that in France this
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