Recommended by
- Paul Graham Named in the same reading list in ‘RAQs’, where Graham recommends learning history piecemeal through books on specific topics rather than cover-to-cover surveys. source ↗
Summary
Colin McEvedy's atlas of medieval history covers the period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance (AD 362–1478), tracking the rise of Islam, the Carolingian Empire, the Crusades, the Mongol invasions, and the emergence of modern European states through a series of chronological maps and commentaries.