The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (Hist Atlas) Revised ed. Edition

by Colin McEvedy (Author), David Woodroffe (Illustrator)

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Colin McEvedy is the author of The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History; The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History; The Penguin Atlas of Recent History (Europe Since 1815) and The Penguin Atlas of North American History. He lives in London, W6

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Revised ed. edition (November 3, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140512497
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140512496
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1210L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.69 x 0.32 x 7.05 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #11,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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okapian

Good overview of Medieval History

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015

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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.

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So this is the History Atlas

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018

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The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History is a nifty little book of maps accompanied by an overview of important developments at each juncture of history. It encompasses Europe, northern Africa, what is now Russia and the middle east aka the known world. The color scheme consists of black, white and turquoise; there are symbols delineating topography and population; there are also lines indicating routes of various things; the maps are generally on the right page while relevant discussion sits on the left-hand page. The span of history included starts in the 4th century AD and ends in the 14th. And the maps typically reflect intervals between 25 and 75 years. I'm very pleased with this as my introduction to the historical atlas.

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Wonderful Atlas and History

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2017

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This is a very fun romp through the Medieval history. Colin McEvedy gives interesting information to supplement the many maps that show the rise and fall of kingdoms, empires, and duchies. You see th travails of Europe, Africa, and the Near Orient, and how they interacted.

The maps are a joy to peruse, and the information is just enough to give the maps the story and context needed to make them better to peruse. Completely recommend!

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One of my favorite historical atlases.

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016

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I've actually owned all of McEvedy's Penguin atlases (Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Recent, US, African, and Population) for a long time and they are among my favorites. I bought the Ancient, Medieval, and Modern atlases as a graduation present for my grand-nephew who likes history. I like how each atlas is a series of maps for the same geographic area, showing how countries and cultures change over time. I also enjoy McEvedy's dry witty commentary. My only regret is that he has not done an Asian atlas.

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Super Reference Tool

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2018

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Over time, boundaries change; country-names change; and "powers" ebb and flow. If one reads a lot of history, it helps immeasurably to have a map of what the world looked like at a particular point in time. The Atlas is concise; easy to hold; and the time segments are close enough that political boundary events are easy to follow. Since buying my original copy of the Penguin Medieval Atlas in the mid-1990s, I have referred to it often as I've read both fiction and non-fiction. The recent purchase was for my 15-year old grandson who is an avid reader of history.

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Chris DeBoe

Flow of history

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014

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Most historical atlases show one area, then another, then a third, and what you see are basically unrelated snapshots. This one shows the same area over time, as different culture groups invade, settle, expand, assimilate, and disappear. If you pick any page (let's say AD 771), you can see what happened before (from AD 737, the Swedes took over Gete territory, the Ummayads were replaced by the Abbasids except in Spain, Byzantium lost some of the islands in the western Med) and what came after (by 830, the Bulgar Khanate had replaced the Avars, and teh Frankish Empire had expanded), Excellent.

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Joseph M. Dolan

Simply the best altas of the time period covered!

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2011

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The period from the reign of Constantine to the great voyages of discovery--or from the fourth to the fifteenth century--was once seen merely as the long, slow decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Yet, for Europeans, it is also a "supreme story of defeat turned into victory."
Colin McEvedy's pioneering atlas, revised and expanded for this new edition, treats as one unit the Mediterranean, Europe and the nomads' steppeland to the East (the habitat of Huns, Turks and Mongols). Illuminating maps and lively commentaries present the towns and trade routes, the changing population patterns, the boundaries of Christendom (and later Islam) and the ever-shifting political units. The result is a wonderfully eloquent picture, as Dr. McEvedy puts it, "of how old empires fell and new ones rose, and how, in Europe, a new society emerged which had the energy to break free from the geographical, intellectual and technical limitations that defined the medieval world."

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K. Trebesch

A must have for almost anyone's library.

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2014

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History is not so hard to follow if you have these neat little guides at hand. They give such a good visual picture of the historical trends in European and Middle East history, making it much easier to absorb what is going on and put it in perspective. These are small books, concise, graphic, and just right for anyone trying to read history or historical literature and put what they're reading in a historical perspective. Asia Minor is included, but nothing east of that -- no Oriental history.

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Very basic, i didn't like the maps

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2020

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So just a quick review.

I bought it because it was cheap, but still i'm not happy about it. The idea is good, but the maps can simply be done much much better. It's all black and white, with different black and white stripes showing different nations, which is annoying to look at. Also, the maps are just a basic overview, so if you want precision this is not for you.

If you have no idea about how the world looked in the middle ages, it's a good start, so i will not go lower than 3 stars

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Mr. M. P. Powell

Putting English history on the fringe as huge struggles swept Europe.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2015

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When you spend your school history lessons learning lists of English kings, there is something missing. When you travel to European cities, e.g. Florence, how do you tie this together with some battle, such as Crecy, which loomed so large in our lessons. This will tell you the answer and show you how relatively unimportant our kingly struggles were in the bigger picture. And it will make you laugh, at the same time. It is my third copy, as I keep giving away my copy to friends.

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Giraldus Cambrensis

A MUST for anyone with even a tittle of interest in History

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2014

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As with the others in the Penguin History Atlas series, the understanding of a period's history by seeing the movements of power, peoples and bounderies as history unfolds - identifying kingdoms, principalities, duchies, khanates,and despot-lands, so many no more than half-forgotten names outside specialist historical circles - is greatly enhanced by Colin McEvedy's wit-spiced commentary: a joy to read

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Simonne Mayne

A must read for any history lover.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2018

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This book is a miracle of.clever concise information. After reading it l felt that I had finally been given an education. Thank you so so much mr McEvedy.

J.A.. Gale

EXCELLENT, 2ND COPY I'VE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2018

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SAME AGAIN, EXCELLENT, 2ND COPY I'VE HAD

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