Plans Medieval Maps

This is a collection of modern maps that center on the medieval period. The maps in this category provide plans of cities, among other things. All of these maps were published at least 95 years ago and are no longer under copyright, but full source information is included.

Plans Map List - Displaying maps 1 - 6 out of 6 total

  • ThumbnailConstantinople

    This map shows Constantinople. It clearly marks the wall of old (Greek) Byzantium, the wall of Constantine (330), the double wall of Theodosius II (408-450), the wall of Heraclius (626-641), the wall of medieaval Galata, and the wall of the new Seraglio.

    Date added: 09.02.06
    Source: Sheperd, William R. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. 93.
  • ThumbnailPlan of Rome in the Middle Ages

    Although this map is meant to depict the plan of medieval Rome, some buildings have been inserted from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

    Date added: 09.02.06
    Source: Sheperd, William R. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. 96.
  • ThumbnailGround Plan of a Monastery

    This is a ground plan for St. Gall, a monastery in Switzerland.

    Date added: 09.02.06
    Source: Sheperd, William R. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. 101.
  • ThumbnailPlan of a Medieval Manor

    See the demesne and the glebe, as well as the enclosures that would appear later in the period for farming and sheep-raising.

    Date added: 09.02.06
    Source: Sheperd, William R. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. 104.
  • ThumbnailPlan of Jerusalem (ca. 1187 AD)

    See the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Hospital of the Knights of St. John, and much more within this plan of Jerusalem as it was around the year 1187.

    Date added: 09.02.06
    Source: Sheperd, William R. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. 68.
  • ThumbnailPlan of London (1300 AD)

    See a plan of London about the year 1300 AD.

    Date added: 09.02.06
    Source: Sheperd, William R. Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. 75.