So, I asked my third-year Special Subject students (Lothar II's divorce) to map places mentioned in the Annals of St-Bertin and the Annals of Fulda, to create comparative geographies of the Carolingian world. With their permission, here are some of the results:

Here's a map of Viking attacks recorded 855-860.

Here's a map of King Louis the German's movements in the year 852.

Here are the places mentioned in the Annals of Fulda 855-860 (look how concentrated it is on the Rhine)

Here's the Annals of St-Bertin compared with the Annals of Fulda, 865-870

And here's a similar map, with the places plotted on an approximate political map.

There are plenty more, but I won't burden your timeline with them all! It's the first time I've tried this exercise but I think I'll be doing it again: it's great for source-work, geographical familiarisation, and data visualisation.

PS: well done HST31030 students: overall a really good start to the module :)