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  1. WI: Franciscans/Humiliati as heretics, worse response to heresy by Innocent III

    Pope Innocent III began the long process of countering dozens of new alternative faith movements that were taking control of Western Europe alongside increasing literacy and new urban classes, from the Waldensians. Though the Albigensian Crusade was the most prominent example of this, the most...

  2. AHC: Aragon/Iberia as one of the "birthplaces of democracy"

    At the beginning of the 12th and 13th centuries, the Crown of Aragon, with their many different jursidictions, began developing an intriguing set of pre-parliamentary institutions, much like the things that became the English/British Parliament. Kings were judged on their oratory skills as they...

  3. Could President McAdoo fix/prevent the Great Depression with his economic skill?

    In 1914, William Gibbs McAdoo prevented an economic panic at the beginning of 1914, by shutting down Wall Street for nearly three months and issuing emergency currency. This was seen as a broad overreach, but effective in halting what could have been. No matter how he got into the White house...

  4. If the import of slaves was banned earlier in America's history, could abolition happen earlier?

    One of the first acts of the new constitutionalized United States, the banning of the importation of slavery was prohibited for twenty years. The year it became available, the United States banned the import of slaves. What if that constitutional protection was never added? What if the...

  5. WI: John Wilkes, British politician, flees to America?

    John Wilkes, politician and journalist. A real looker, this one. John Wilkes was a Radical member of parliament, along with owning a newspaper condemning his enemies. He was dangerously witty, not the most attractive, but he often boasted he "only needed half an hour to talk away his face." He...

  6. WI: Teddy Roosevelt gets the Republican nomination in 1912?

    After the Election of 1912, Taft ushered in a new, pro-business conservative rhetoric into the Republican Party, something Teddy Roosevelt, and many Republicans at the time, opposed strongly. When it seemed that Roosevelt MIGHT lose the nomination for 1912, he leaves the RNC, takes many to...

  7. WI: T

    After the Election of 1912, Taft ushered in a new, pro-business conservative rhetoric into the Republican Party, something Teddy Roosevelt, and many Republicans at the time, opposed strongly. When it seemed that Roosevelt MIGHT lose the nomination for 1912, he leaves the RNC, takes many to...

  8. Alternate history relating to John Jay?

    John Jay is an interesting and honestly kinda funny figure in American history. He had many successes in his life, but also stumbled onto many accomplishments and did fail quite a bit in hilarious manners. Some exceptional moments from John Jay's life: - started college at 15, showing a...

  9. An Early end to the Great Northern War?

    In 1706, after Augustus II was deposed from Poland and Charles XII had won multiple victories against most of the forces, Peter I offered to return all of Sweden's Baltic possessions except St. Petersberg, which had been founded in 1703, as a peace deal. Charles XII, being the stubborn ruler he...

  10. Trotskyist USSR?

    If Trotsky was to become the leader of the USSR after Lenin (say, he uses Lenin's testament in 1923) and controls it for a long time. Would Stalin attempt a coup? Would he be successful? Also, what about Trotsky's opinions on the "permanent revolution?' Would that lead to international communist...

  11. WI: Aristocratic US, where would Nobility come from?

    If the USA somehow decides to be an aristocracy, where would the beginning aristocrats come from? Would it be the families of the Founding Fathers, people who received honors during the Revolution, or nobles from other countries?

  12. Cultural affects of an Anglo-Saxon England?

    If the Battle of Hastings were a Saxon success, what would the cultural ripples be? Latin influences wouldn't nearly be as strong, and literacy would be more encouraged within villages, if Alfred's policies were kept. What else?

  13. WI/AHC: Italian Colonial Power?

    What POD/country could lead an Italian City State/Duchy to colonize the New World for economic benefit? I was thinking Renaissance powers leading to colonization, but earlier PODs are welcome. I was thinking less French/Spanish interest in the area allows a large Venetian/Sicilian power that...

  14. A Nobler Republic: An American Philosophy TL (my first)

    A Nobler Republic: The story of an Aristocratic America By:Sporian Voltaire’s Diary, September 12, 1749 It seems to me that my life has taken a turbulent turn for the worse, with the Marquise’s death (which devastated me) and my relationship with Frederick weakening. I’ve decided to start a...
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