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Yes, perhaps I should have been more clear – the rise of the local parlements (i.e. the noble and bourgeois councils) and the rekindling of the pressure to reinstate the Estates-General. In any case Philippe II is still a fop more interested in the latest fashions then running the kingdom which...

1715 Tuscarora War enters its 5th year (the Tuscarora were on the verge of defeat but an increase in the number of weapons being sent to them from France and a new ally of the Yamasee reinvigorate the war against the Province of Carolina and the English colonies). The Great Northern War enters...

True. I have some Christian friends - Anglican mostly - who refer to their local priest as vicar so-and-so. now, i don't know if they're suppose to or not but the priest never seems to mind when they do so (shrug)... This is certainly the nail on the head. Although Lussan didn’t start out...

April 1714: Edward Taylor, now Vicar Taylor, holds his first mass (not counting the sermon at Lussan’s funeral). In keeping with what Lussan had preached Taylor continues to focus on the New Testament (1) – going so far as to only read from text he thought directly related to or were thought...

March 1714: Day to day life within the pirate colony was starting to become normal once more – no encampments or strongholds had been raided in 3 months (although there were still sea battles between Madagascar pirates and the splinter groups). This calm, however, was shattered on the morning...

Many thanks - remember me come time to vote on Turtledove Awards. :) Yes, very true – “tribes” was certainly understating the social development on Ceylon. Think you then that my use of tribe to mean smaller local communities within the Ceylon kingdoms. :) I thought I had named...

1711: The Great Northern War enters its 11th year (no major actions) The War of Spanish Succession enters its 10th year (no major actions – French forces continue to rebuild from the 1709-1710 assault and Alliance forces continue to falter under changes to the political wind). Cary’s...

An interesting note that I was unaware of – I knew that one of the reasons Georgia was founded was to act as a buffer zone between Spanish/French holdings and the colonies but I didn’t know about the whole utopian idea. Sadly though I don’t see that utopia coming into existence in this TL...

Perhaps this is a shameless promotion but my thread, The Sea Peoples, deals with the spread of the Hebrews throughout the Med. - I agree what you need is a stronger Hebrew/Phoenician connection (although, as a culture/faith in reality even without the Phoenician connection it has a pretty far...

Descended from Jews…I didn’t know that. I thought he was a practicing Christian? But I actually know very little about the man. No worries. I haven’t really thought about any details – in my dream I was king of England (pause for laugh), I was on the throne (pause for second laugh)...

Based on a dream I had last night - sorry, didn't check if this had already been posted as a thread. __________________________ A Christian-like faith with the interpretations of Nostradamus prophecies as the core seed of the belief. These Nostradamens are a closed society, wealthy...

based on what happen OTL too. Plaintain had himself a little kingdom built up but eventually he became too cruel for the average pirate and they moved to overthrow him but James got wind of the revolt and decided to skip town rather than fight.

September 1709: On the 10th of September, 1709 the first meeting of the Assembly of Captains was held. It was a lumbering hydra made up of every retired, active, and migratory pirate in the vicinity of Madagascar (with the notable acceptation of James Plaintain). This first meeting was held...

Attacking slavers was certainly a cause Mission took to heart and in the early days it was easy to lead the small band of followers into taking up the cause with him. Since his death however it has not been a focus for the pirates. Nonetheless, among the more educated of the pirates and those...

Ah, Thande, I can always count on you for quibbles and nitpicks. You keep me honest. :) Thank you all for keeping an eye out for new segments to this TL - sorry for the delay, holiday and work just seemed to make November and December vanish. I thought about doing a map but Thande is...

April 1706: In April Nathanial North was challenged for his position by Captain Christopher Rutherford of the Fancy (formally Henry Avery’s ship). The fight was said to have been short and bloody – Rutherford did not survive. Nathanial would come away from the fight with a greatly weakened...

First: general announcement: Wow, I have to say regardless of the comments and feedback I’ve gotten on my TLs I’ve always enjoyed writing them…but, having said that, this is soooo much better. Thanks, to every one, for the feedback and comments. I’m very happy everyone seems to be enjoying...

September - October 1704: Perhaps feeling his grip on the pirate nation slipping away Nathanial North holds several meetings over the course of September between himself, Kelly, Chivers, Culliford, and Halsey (all of these meetings were one on one) – overtures are made to create a new Quartet...

I’ll assume you are referring to James Kelly going off to found his own settlement – the first of the pirate settlements founded in peace and with families. By April 1704 the population had started to recover from the Fort Dauphin Battle; i.e. the pirates who had fled during and after the...

1703: St. Petersburg founded. The Great Northern War enters its fourth year. War of Spanish Succession enters its third year (after several small defeats the previous year French forces mount successful campaigns in German and nearly take the Austrian capital, however these success are not...