The issue of motte in Europe. A ducal motte residence from the 13th century in Chełm. Bibliographical data

The dataset included in the file "Bibliographic Data" provides a compilation of publications, documentation, and archival data regarding the issues related to motte-type fortifications in Western, Northern, Central, and Eastern European countries (Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania). Main topics covered include research status, origin, topography, construction, layout, function, chronology, and founders. The period of operation of motte-type fortifications spans from the 10th to the 15th century.

Queries were conducted at research institutions with access to subject literature, both published and unpublished: Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra (Slovakia; [link](https://archeol.sav.sk/index.php/sk/kniznica/), Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe, Leipzig (Germany; [link](https://gwzo-leipzig.bsz-bw.de/), Palacký University in Olomouc (Czech Republic; [link](https://www.knihovna.upol.cz/en/catalogues/)).