Atlas of Medieval Europe

by Angus Konstam, Roger Kean

Europe in the Middle Ages comes alive in this illustrated atlas of the nearly five hundred year period between the Crusades and War of Roses.

Genres: History

191 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 2000

About the author

Angus Konstam is a Scottish writer of popular history. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland and raised on the Orkney Islands, he has written more than a hundred books on maritime history, naval history, historical atlases, with a special focus on the history of piracy.

Reviews

[Teigan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good introductory book to Medieval Europe. There is plenty of maps and artwork. Each two page spread covers a single topic. A good place to get your feet wet on the medieval age at large.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fits a lot of information in a short amount of space, summarizing everything well (this book was able to succinctly discuss what Life in a Medieval Village took a whole chapter to go over!). Each topic gets a two-page spread with images of art and/or maps.

Every now and then there is a timeline running along the bottom of the page, with topics not always connected to the chapter.

In general, due to the way the topics are laid out, you're hopping back and forth on the Medieval timeline, which can get confusing at times.

There are a few typos when it comes to the years of people -- which typically depict how long someone reigned as a ruler or Pope.

Not the fault of this book, but there are soooooo many people from different regions and dynasties named the same thing. It's hard to keep it all straight. I wish the genealogy trees in the back were detachable so that you could have it as a side-by-side reference while reading.

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only really got this book out of the library to refresh my mind on a few eras in European history. It was very good for that and while I did not read every word of every era profiled in the book, I think it may be good for most people if historical refreshment is what you are after.

[Carmen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good review of the middle ages. Of course since it is a synopsis of each era and of all of Europe, it is unable to go into depth for any subject. Photos on each page make it interesting. Maps were oriented differently, so it might be hard for some students to realize what they are seeing.