ATLAS OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE

shiny black hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~ 8"x10"). large book). dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. as new. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 2nd printing. x+271p. b&w maps throughout. "nearly 140 maps". list of contributors. further reading. index. medieval history.cartography. geography. medieval literature. history of christianity. ~ This substantial volume is filled with over 140 maps and commentaries detailing the whole of the medieval period from the latter days ol Rome through to the beginnings of the early modern world. Each map is designed to address particular themes and answers the needs of students of this period with supporting explanatory texts. The selection of maps takes a thorough and broad~ranging approach to the study of the Middle Ages. The maps chart a variety of areas including political events, military campaigns within Europe and in the Holy Lands, the power of the Church and the rise of monasticism, literacy and the advent of printing, art and architecture. Others cover the financing of state and war, the principal trading leagues and trade routes, settlements and the increase in urbanism, the founding of the earliest universities, pogroms and persecutions and events at the frontiers of Christendom. Accompanied by an extensive bibliography. this volume is the ideal reference for the student of medieval history or the interested general reader alike. The Atlas of Mledieval Eunope is the most complete overview of the period available.…