Maps of Medieval Europe & the Lands Adjoining

This is the first, feeble and fumbling attempt of a layman to share something of the enjoyment and understanding to be got from good historical maps. It will satisfy no-one, least of all myself, and critics are cordially invited to show how this should be done. Maybe, then, we can help each other to put together a thread that is of some use to those wishing to explore medieval history with the aid of maps.
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Some of the maps in Donald Matthew’s “Atlas of Medieval Europe” (1983), which makes effective use of flat colour, boundary and route lines, highlighting of selected sites, and labels:

Merovingian Gaul p40
From the death of Clovis in 511 to the ascendancy of Charles Martell, a period of roughly 2 centuries

England and Ireland in the 8th century p48
Two Christian lands just before the disruptions of the Viking incursions

Carolingian Europe pp52-53
A significant and influential stage in the history of Western Europe

Viking expansion pp62-63
5 maps showing the Viking homeland, together with North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Eastern European river voyages

Revival of the eastern empire under the Macedonian emperors p67

Alpine Passes p78

Crusader states p90
From the County of Edessa to the Kingdom of Jerusalem

The German empire in the Salian and Staufen periods p94

The Plantagenet empire p98

England and Wales p199
Especially interesting for showing the extent of church lands

Italy in the 15th century p212

‘Aurélien Arkadiusz’