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I think this is a good Thread tô discuss a scenario I want to flesh in a Future TL, one of these in which the western Roman Empire survives, and, due to different migration patterns, The blunt of the Germanic migrations happens on The ERE. The Goths, Vandals, Alans and et cetera settle in the...

The last point you mentioned can't be stressed enough. Brazil did not really care about other slave holding countries, and, indeed, the fact that it took so long for it to abolish it, long after other western nations, demonstrates this (sort of). I believe they would be much more interested in...

@Fire and shadow - See the post threadmarked between Chapters 48 and 49. That should give an approximate idea. Sadly, I don't have a map of the current situation. If you don't mind looking up a bit, I'll refer you to the use of Google Earth or Maps to have a more accurate picture, based on the...

THE WOES OF ARCHBISHOP SUGER IN THE EARTHLY KINGDOM OF GOD (1155 - 1160 A.D.) Metropolitan Archbishop and Patriarch Suger of Jerusalem. Contemporary depiction in the stained glass of the Cathedral of Saint Denis in Emèse (c. 1180) When Suger of St. Denis was invested in the Metropolitan...

Guys, things are very busy as usual, but don't worry for the lack of updates. I'll be trying to put a New chapter this weekend, so, be around.

It was. I remember reading in Laurentino Gomes' "1808" that this plan was mentioned ever since the formation of the Iberian Union in the 17th C. But, as mentioned, it was not seriously considered until the Napoleonic invasion. I agree, though, that the court would not move out in the event of...

I suspect this one is an invention from historians. But it does seems like a weird D&D episode.

I don't think Georgians were hostile to Armenians. Even if they weren't Monophysite, they were all Christians nonetheless, and, considering that what provoked the migration of Armenians to Cilicia was the Seljuk invasion and the resulting anarchy. Rather, I believe that avoiding the Georgian...

I think they would still emigrate to the Americas. Canada perhaps would be the greatest benefacted party, I believe, specially for the Irish, Scottish and peoples of northern Europe in general. Nonetheless, IOTL there were plenty of German, Italian (and, later, Japanese) immigrants coming to...

That's one of the bizarrest things I've heard lately. Of course, the source is an extremely biased one and very much fictional (almost in CK2-level of weirdness), it shows the creativity of the authors of the period.

Fantasticmazing!! Thanks very much!!!! I'll be following you on DA too :)

I think that if the Portuguese find the venue to India significantly earlier than IOTL, before even the fall of Constantinople, this breakthrough will leave Portugal in a much better position to monopolize the Asian commerce, considering that we are far removed from the unification of Spain...

Amazing!! But what about Sardinia, couldn't he take it wholly after submitting Genoa and Pisa? Surely he might have useful naval resources. On the topic, Venice might be sh*tting their Serene pants right now.

Thats fricking amazing, especially the topographic one. Do you mind if I use it too? It would be very very helpful for a sorry-ass amateur like me to design maps for my current TL! I'll be crediting you if you wish so.

Even for Napoleon I think this is a bit too much. One can argue that as any of these history-defining heads of state he was kind of an egomaniac, but I don't recall him creating an actual cult of personality around himself. I believe that he, or his dynastic successors, would favor a name more...

Yeah, I was thinking about some petty king upstart, likely a fictional son of Matilda of Tuscany, or one of the Azzonids of Lombardy, going on a rampage and galvanizing the Italian (and likely Papal) opposition against the HRE. Sort of a Legnano-situation, but with a royal persona instead of a...

I remember someone, somewhere, perhaps in this very Forums, arguing that titles such as "Imperator totius Hispaniae" or "Imperator Anglorum" were more victory titles and honorifics, which might be more related to the original meaning of the Latin title "Imperator" as a successful generalissimo...

I have my doubts. Brazil, in spite of its immense size, was really a paper tiger. It lacked manpower and equipment to sustain a large war effort, and the occupation vis a vis annexation of the whole La Plata region would demand it. Being seen as a foreign aggression, it might even incite...

IIRC, Charlemagne favored Aachen because it was an ancient Roman spa town, like Bath in England, so he enjoyed sojourning there in winter. Then we go figure why the hell he chose to be crowned there. Before him, I believe the city held no special significance whatsoever.

The big problem, I see, is that, as you both mentioned, at the time, the Portuguese already had a significant presence in coastal Brazil, even they actually did focus more in their Indian enterprises. And, as per Tordesillas, it wasn't so much of a terra nullius that the French could claim, as...