Loved this one! I had a great time flipping through the maps to see changes. Nice overview of the medieval period too.

as an overview of borders changing over time, it's terrific. and it goes wide, documenting Asian migrations as a major force. it's very unlike other historical atlases, though, in steering clear of spotlights on various cultures as they are changing. and the maps are stripped of all the detail we expect to see, the record of towns and ephemeral political borders in jurisdictions that come and go. a very interesting approach. ( )

I'm very fond of the Penguin Historical Atlases of the 1980's and 90's. They were relatively cheap, and given the material at the price, the text was entertaining , and the format of periodic maps covering the whole continent about once in a generation was very useful for mental organization of the period. This is a fine example and a worthy successor to the Penguin atlas of Medieval History which it replaced. ( )

This is a very fun book to read! It takes a very different, highly visual approach to sorting out history...I loved it.

McEvedy's atlas is certainly a fascinating synopsis of medieval history. It's also nothing like what I hoped for when I bought it. Readers looking to identify medieval place-names with their geographic locations will be largely disappointed. Nearly all the maps are of an identical scale, to comprehend the whole of Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. What they do provide is diagrams for the location and movement of populations, cultures, and material resources throughout the area on a diachronic basis, with maps to account for every period of 25-50 years from the year 362 to 1483.