THE NEW PENGUIN
ATLAS OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY CONSTANTINE JUSTINIAN WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR MONGOLS
HUNS HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE FRANKS VISIGOTHS PERSIANS ATTILA BYZANTINE CALIPHATE
SULTANATE KHAN OTTOMANS CHRISTENDOM
SOFTBOUND BOOK in ENGLISH by COLIN McEVEDY WITH
MAPS DRAWN BY JOHN WOODCOCK
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Excerpt from online book review
Nice sized book,
which gives a good overview of Medieval History of Europe, the Mediterranean,
western Russia and the Middle East.
Starting in the 300s
(which overlaps with the Classical History atlas), the book covers the fall of
the Roman Empire in both the west (476 AD) and the east (1453 AD). The book
divides maps into political (eg Roman, German, Russian, Abbasid, Sassanid) and
linguistic (eg Slavic, Latin, Semitic) categories, showing migrations of all
the major ethnic groups over time. Every 200 years or so, additional maps
appear showing population density, the spread of Christianity and Islam and
trade routes. Each map is accompanied by a page of text explaining some of the
major changes and describing major events (eg Battle of Manzikurt, William the
Conqueror, Justinian's Reconquest of Rome, the many battles of the Mongols),
which allows the reader to further pursue the events/people described.
Because the atlas is
over such a long time period, and covers such a wide swath of territory, it
provides many opportunities to spark the readers' interest and allow them to
pursue their favorite topics, while showing history not just through the lens
of one nation or one ethnic group.
