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I'm looking into doing a TL, where the western schism becomes a permanent fixture in Europe, with countries backing either Avignon or Rome. What would the effects of this be? Will there be crusades called against the other faction? Will Protestantism arise, or is there a possibility of...

Can we possible envision an invasion by a steppe tribe on a Ghengis Khan scale before the original? For example a Go-turk invasion in the 6th or 7th century? Other tribe? What would it take, what would the consequences be? Obviously is all contextual so lets look at some moments when an...

Just bouncing around ideas here. What if, like the bubonic plague which affected the eastern roman empire of Justinian, the plague hit instead in 125 AD when the roman empire was still a powerful entity? Obviously the empire would be weakened, but to what point? Will it allow earlier "barbarian...

In our time-line, Louis XIV of France, the Sun King, had a hard time with heirs. It wasn’t that he had trouble “producing” them, oh no he had quite a few, but in a short space of time they had almost all succumbed one way or another to death, leaving one infant great grandson, Louis duc d’Anjou...

Let's say that the young King Louis XV of France dies at a young age. First off, possible heirs are Philippe, Duc d'Orléans and Philip V of Spain. Now Philip of Spain was refused the throne of France in the treaty of Utrect, but let's say he goes for it anyway, against his cousin. This leads...

Charles' Diary – Jennifer Townsend ….I accompanied Buckingham to the gardens and pondered King Philip's conditions [1] from the day before. I had always felt drawn by Catholicism, but to convert so as to marry Maria would not be allowed by parliament, there would be open rebellion...

The late 15th century has always fascinated me. The drastic changes that took place in this period are so interesting, and their consequences even more so. The fall of Constantinople, the widespread introduction of firearms and canons, the rounding of the cape of good hope and of course the...

in the early 7th century, the Byzantine Empire came increasing under attack from Persians and Slavs. During this time the emperor, Heraclius became so worried he considered moving the capital from Constantinople to Carthage, but was dissuaded by the Patriarch Sergius I. What if he had moved the...

This is a time line I've been working on and will be adding to over time. Thanks to Rhesus2 for his contributions. The POD is that Henry aka the Young King, Henry II of England's first son, does not die in 1183. ***** Part 1: Three Lions Richard, Duke of Aquitaine, had been focusing on...

Hi. I've been wondering recently, what would follow if Henry the Young King had not died, and gone on to become the proper king? Would Henry II be overthrown by his sons? Would Richard become the Lion Heart? How would the third crusade be affected? Would England retain it's holdings in France...