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.
- Belarus, Russia, Ukraine in the period of the Kievan Rus' (c.970--c.1250): Andrei Rublev (c.1365--c.1430).
- Byzantie Empire (395--1453): Anna Komnene (1083--1153).
- Denmark: Margaret I of Denmark (1353--1412).
- France: John of Salisbury (late 1110s--1180).
- Holy Roman Empire (800/962--1806): Matilda of Tuscany (c.1046--1115).
- 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)".
Local file: local link: map_western_eurasia_1190.html.
File: Maps file:
map_western_eurasia_1190.html.