Juliette Blue Bourdier, Medievalist

Europe in the medieval times

Europe in 486 – The last Roman Empire

Europe in 814 – Charlemagne

Europe in 1100 – at the time of the first cruisades

Europe in the 13th century

Europe in 1560 – Renaissance

From l’an 1000 to l’an 2000

1000 years in couple minutes, when some countries, like France or Spain have been somehow defined pretty early, others like Germany or Italy had to wait until the Eighteenth century to exist as we know them today.

http://vimeo.com/89394659

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQf-PZWFMzY

Watch as 1000 years of European borders change (timelapse map)
An incredible timelapse look at how drastically European borders have changed over the last 1000 years

CENTENNIA is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East from the beginning of the 11th century to the present. It is a dynamic, animated historical atlas including over 9,000 border changes. The map controls evolve the map forward or backward in time bringing the static map to life. Our maps display every major war and territorial conflict displaying the status of each region at intervals of a tenth of a year. The maps reflect actual “power on the ground” rather than internationally-sanctioned or “recognized” borders.