{"product_id":"old-map-of-paris-in-the-late-14th-century-1975-notre-dame-louvre-fortress-bastille-sorbonne-hundred-years-war","title":"Old Map of Paris in Medieval Times: 14th Century Notre Dame, Louvre Fortress, Bastille, Sorbonne, Hundred Years’ War","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommissioned by the CNRS in 1975, Paris vers la fin du XIVe siècle is a scholarly reconstruction that unlocks the texture of medieval Paris at a pivotal moment in its history. Its meticulous color-coding and precise symbology distinguish royal, communal, and ecclesiastical domains, while a carefully structured legend anchors every feature in the historical record. What emerges is a city shaped by water, walls, and worship—articulated through topography, street hierarchies, and architectural profiles. Drawing on primary sources to reconcile urban form with documentary evidence, the map captures how Paris evolved through crisis and renewal during the late phases of the Hundred Years’ War, offering collectors and historians alike a vivid, authoritative portrait of Europe’s preeminent medieval metropolis in transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the city’s heart, the Île de la Cité concentrates power and devotion: Notre Dame rises across from the bishop’s precinct at Place de l’Évêché, while the Palais de la Cité—seat of royal justice—anchors the western end. The Grand Châtelet guards river crossings where trade and authority converge, and the Seine’s bifurcating flow organizes the Right and Left Banks into distinct economic and cultural spheres. The map crisply plots the civic quarter around the future Hôtel de Ville on the Place de Grève, signaling the emergence of municipal power. Routes snaking from bridges to marketplaces are rendered with documentary fidelity, revealing how processions, commerce, and governance moved through streets that were already centuries old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefensive architecture reads here as a chronicle of anxiety and ambition. The Louvre appears in its original purpose—as a squat, vigilant fortress—while La Bastille anchors the city’s eastern defenses, a late-14th-century instrument of Valois statecraft. The medieval walls and gates, notably Porte St. Jacques and Porte St. Denis, trace successive expansion lines, each ring a fossilized moment of growth under military pressure. Thoroughfares align with older Roman routes, transforming inherited lines of movement into strategic corridors for mustering troops and provisioning the capital. Les Tournelles, mapped as a royal residence complex, and the fortified Temple precinct signal how power diffused across neighborhoods. Beyond the walls, cultivated fields and open ground reveal intentional glacis—clear zones that safeguarded approaches while advertising Paris’s reach into the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intellectual and spiritual life of the city is charted with exemplary nuance. The Sorbonne anchors a constellation of colleges on the Left Bank, while venerable abbeys—St. Victor, St-Germain-des-Prés, and St-Martin-des-Champs—command lands, livelihoods, and learning across the map. Parish churches such as Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Jacques punctuate neighborhoods, their dedications mapping social identity and local charity alongside Hôpital des Augustins and other hospices. Pilgrimage currents pulse along Rue Saint-Jacques toward the Porte St. Jacques, a medieval gateway to Compostela’s road, while Le Temple reminds viewers of institutions whose political afterlives extended beyond their orders. The cartographer’s symbols differentiate monastic estates, clerical jurisdictions, and civic holdings, revealing the negotiated geography where theology, scholarship, and urban life intertwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn inset of Les Faubourgs widens the lens to show suburban spillover—workshops, gardens, and vineyards edging into the fields that frame Paris’s hard limits. Major streets radiate from bridges and gates like arteries, stitching Roman inheritances to medieval markets and royal projects. This is a map that synthesizes charters, tax rolls, and building accounts into a coherent urban palimpsest, situating the city between Capetian legacy and Valois consolidation, between siege consciousness and economic resurgence. For the connoisseur, it offers more than orientation: it narrates governance reforms after the Étienne Marcel uprising, the policing of gates, and the siting of learning and labor. Scholarly yet evocative, it is a definitive guide to the structures—visible and invisible—that made late medieval Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaces on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotre Dame Cathedral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Louvre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalais de la Cité\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLa Bastille\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSorbonne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbey of St. Victor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSt. Germain-des-Prés\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePorte St. Jacques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePorte St. Denis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLes Tournelles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlace de l'Évêché\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrand Châtelet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHôtel de Ville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHôtel Barbette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbaye et Prieuré de St Martin-des-Champs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEglise de Saint-Sulpice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEglise de Saint-Jacques\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLe Temple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHôpital des Augustins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotre Dame Cathedral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Louvre (as a fortress)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePalais de la Cité\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seine River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious abbeys, including the Abbey of St. Victor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFortifications, such as medieval walls and gates like Porte St. Jacques and Porte St. Denis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor streets and thoroughfares with connections to Roman routes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAreas identified for religious institutions like the Sorbonne and multiple churches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLes Faubourgs inset showing suburban areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivated fields and open spaces marking city limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreation Date: 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker\/Publisher: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), a French governmental research organization known for advancing scientific and historical studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed depiction of topography, architecture, and urban organization of medieval Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the relationship of urban structures to historic political and cultural shifts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndicates significant royal, communal, and religious buildings, as well as defensive architecture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeticulous, detailed coloring and symbol usage for various structures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncorporates various legends and references to establish historical accuracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects the architectural and urban evolution of Paris during a transformative period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServes as a historical resource based on comprehensive research and primary source material\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 100in (250cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlease note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 16in (40cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/it\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"16x20in (40x50cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57969063100800,"sku":"UM00274447A","price":87.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20in (40x50cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57969063133568,"sku":"UM00274448A","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20in (40x50cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":57969063166336,"sku":"UM00274449A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57969063199104,"sku":"UM00274450A","price":101.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57969063231872,"sku":"UM00274451A","price":221.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24in (45x60cm) \/ Framed canvas 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