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Western Christendom, 1000 A.D.
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Western Christendom, 1000 A.D.
The western reaches of Europe in 1000 A.D. was still recovering from the last great Rhomanian attempt to reclaim its Italian possessions. The victor of that war, Aurelien (Emperor of the Romans, Over-King of the Franks, King of Italy), was focused on solidifying his hold on his vast realms, doing his best to prevent his Frankish brother-kings from restarting territorial feuds with each other. This marked the year that he signed the Concordant of Pisa with the Italian nobility and the Pope, granting special privileges to the Italians, some of whom still wished the descendants of Theodoric to be restored (even though Aurelien was a descendant of Theodoric).
Aurelien shared the Italian peninsula with the other Emperor of the Romans, Volusian II. Even though his uncle had failed to restore Rhomanian control of Italy (and fallen to asassins daggers when the war began to turn south), Volusian still retained crucial outposts on the Peninusla, as well as ruling over Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, and the Balearic Islands. Volusian had no interest in restarting a war with the West, instead turning his attention to matters closer to home. This allowed the Rhomanian rulers of these farflung outposts to, in a large part, pursue their own agendas, playing an important role in Western Mediterranean trade.
The Hispanians, having long abandoned their attempts to compete with their larger Frankish neighbors, focused instead on developing their internal economy, as well as engaging in intrigue and diplomacy in Christian North Africa. King Eberardo, seeking to strengthen his realm, prepared to launch Hispania into what would prove to be a fifty-year struggle for domination with the Amazigh, Moorish, and Vandals for control of the region.
Copyright: 2014, White Rose Educational Tools, Lunden, Angland
Western Christendom, 1000 A.D.
The western reaches of Europe in 1000 A.D. was still recovering from the last great Rhomanian attempt to reclaim its Italian possessions. The victor of that war, Aurelien (Emperor of the Romans, Over-King of the Franks, King of Italy), was focused on solidifying his hold on his vast realms, doing his best to prevent his Frankish brother-kings from restarting territorial feuds with each other. This marked the year that he signed the Concordant of Pisa with the Italian nobility and the Pope, granting special privileges to the Italians, some of whom still wished the descendants of Theodoric to be restored (even though Aurelien was a descendant of Theodoric).
Aurelien shared the Italian peninsula with the other Emperor of the Romans, Volusian II. Even though his uncle had failed to restore Rhomanian control of Italy (and fallen to asassins daggers when the war began to turn south), Volusian still retained crucial outposts on the Peninusla, as well as ruling over Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, and the Balearic Islands. Volusian had no interest in restarting a war with the West, instead turning his attention to matters closer to home. This allowed the Rhomanian rulers of these farflung outposts to, in a large part, pursue their own agendas, playing an important role in Western Mediterranean trade.
The Hispanians, having long abandoned their attempts to compete with their larger Frankish neighbors, focused instead on developing their internal economy, as well as engaging in intrigue and diplomacy in Christian North Africa. King Eberardo, seeking to strengthen his realm, prepared to launch Hispania into what would prove to be a fifty-year struggle for domination with the Amazigh, Moorish, and Vandals for control of the region.
Copyright: 2014, White Rose Educational Tools, Lunden, Angland
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