map_western_eurasia_1190.html Caption: Map of western Eurasia circa 1190 in the period of the Third Crusade (1189--1192) in the midst of the High Middle Ages (c.1000--c.1250).

    Selected locations with associated favorite persons of Middle Ages.

    1. Belarus, Russia, Ukraine in the period of the Kievan Rus' (c.970--c.1250): Andrei Rublev (c.1365--c.1430).
    2. Byzantie Empire (395--1453): Anna Komnene (1083--1153).
    3. Denmark: Margaret I of Denmark (1353--1412).
    4. France: John of Salisbury (late 1110s--1180).
    5. Holy Roman Empire (800/962--1806): Matilda of Tuscany (c.1046--1115).
    6. Near East: Saladin (1137--1193), William of Tyre (c.1130--1186).

    Credit/Permission: Willliam R. Shepherd (1871--1934), Historical Atlas (1923,1926) / Public domain.
    Image links in order of increasing directness: (1) Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, (2) Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps, (3) Historical Atlas (1923,1926), William R. Shepherd (1871--1934), (4) Europe and the Mediterranean Lands about 1190 (667K) [p.70-71] [1926 ed.] Inset: Guelf, Hohenstaufen and Ascanian Domains in Germany about 1176.: scroll down ∼ 30% in "(3)".
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