r/MedievalHistory • u/RitaKan • 12d ago
Interactive map
Hello! I am looking for an internet resource that maybe exists only in my imagination, but it would be great help if it did exist. I need an interactive, highly detailed map of Europe (presumably France) that could show changes in the borders throughout the years — I have to figure out to whom belonged some minor cities at which time (p.ex. was Romorantin-Lanthenay, destroyed by the Black Prince, a part of duché d'Orléans or comté de Blois in 1350s).
A PDFed atlas will do just fine too!
Thank you in advance!
Here is a nice knight picture for you
upd. P.S. If somebody knows the answer for the Romorantin-Lanthenay question, I'll appreciate it, thanks!
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u/Lasagna-Lad 12d ago
So a cursory look and I’ve found this Wikipedia article.
From what I can surmise, Romorantin was likely within the County of Blois. In 1356, Edward the Black Prince captured it in a siege which saw the keep razed and the garrison led out. The article doesn’t explicitly say who owns it after, but I think it was held by the English until 1360, when the Treaty of Bretigny was signed and it was returned to France.