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  1. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    Immediately after, actually, because it was the succession custom in the County of Barcelona (whose house was now the kings of Aragon). But when it was necessary to challenge the succession it went back to the original Aragonese laws, like with Ferdinand I, that you mentioned. In the Compromise...

  2. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    The reason Barcelona was part of Aragon was that the count of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer IV, married the heiress, and later queen, of Aragon, Petronila I, who inherited the throne from her father.

  3. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    If they go this direction, and given the Ottomans are their nemesis at this time of history, they may be very tempted to go the way of the Roman Empire and try to conquer Egypt to become the imperial breadbasket.

  4. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    All of those languages were once fully developed national languages. What will probably happen is that the common standard will be a mix of castillian and portuguese, and those two languages will slowly disappear until they are only found in rural areas.

  5. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    Indeed. The Spanish Hapsburgs were very active, but the reason there were spanish hapsburgs in the first place was because the Catholic Kings created a net of marriage alliances with their children, and then the heir died.

  6. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    OTL France and Spain signed hundreds of treaties. They meant roughly none of them, they still fought dozens of wars.

  7. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    France became the enemy to beat for Spain as soon as they had the Reconquista business over. They are neighbors, they had conflicting interests in Italy, and they had claims in each other's border areas (Navarre and the Rousillon). They became dragged into European (read: HRE) conflict due to...

  8. Map Thread XX

    The same way they did OTL? Spain still retained the Philippines for 80 years after Chilean independence.

  9. Under the Southern Cross We Stand

    "Significantly" may mean it went worse, too. Let's not pretend that early 20th century Australians were less dismisive than their british counterparts about people they considered lesser.

  10. Industrial Progress: A Story Of Venetian Suffrage (Haitus)

    Columbus was Genovese, but Gil Eames, Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama were all portuguese. The Iberians had plenty of experience with atlantic navigation, and the Italian naval involvement was a cause for that, not a impediment. Because the Italians controlled the Mediterranean, Castille and...

  11. Industrial Progress: A Story Of Venetian Suffrage (Haitus)

    We are already at the end of the 15th century. America should be discovered any decade now, and even if they are not conquered as OTL the silver will reach Europe via trade. The conditions for the discovery aren't much changed: Western Europe is cut off from the path east to Asia; the fact that...

  12. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    Or it could go weird. I do remember the background fluff of some timeline (now that I think on it, it may have been one of GURPS alternate worlds, it was a long time ago) where the Papal states survives, but one of the popes took the whole "give Caesar what belongs to Caesar" rather seriously...

  13. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    The original Guadalajara in Spain remains, to there is a good chance there is/will be some town named Guadalajara somewhere in Mexico.

  14. Lands of Ice and Mice: An Alternate History of the Thule

    There is nothing of interest OTL, but in the Thule realms all those chunks are filled with towns and even some cities.

  15. Industrial Progress: A Story Of Venetian Suffrage (Haitus)

    It seems he at least survives long enough to return his diary to the ducal archives, and the fact that it is kept in the dual archives in the first place is probably a hint that he lives long enough to become important for Venice somehow.

  16. Una diferente ‘Plus Ultra’ - the Avís-Trastámara Kings of All Spain and the Indies (Updated 11/7)

    Given that Bruno was not executed for being a Champion of Science!! but rather for the denial of several "minor" Catholic doctrines, like the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and transubstantiation, plus being a pantheist and a believer i reincarnation, I doubt there is anything the king can (or...

  17. Industrial Progress: A Story Of Venetian Suffrage (Haitus)

    Given the tiny little accouting problem at the Arsenale, I suspect the manly marines may be slightly lacking in manliness...

  18. Industrial Progress: A Story Of Venetian Suffrage (Haitus)

    Yes, it's back! ~dances a gig~ A small detail: Unless he is a vampire, if Vettor Pisani was throwing rocks into ponds in the 14th century Venice, he certainly was not writing an autobiography in 1920.

  19. A Most Glorious Revolution: Savoyard Spain

    No, the titles of prince of Girona and Viana also belong to Philip. The three princedoms (Asturias, Girona and Viana) are the titles of the heir of the throne for Castille, Aragon and Navarre, like the Prince of Wales in England. All three belong to the heir, Victor and William are just Infantes...

  20. A Most Glorious Revolution: Savoyard Spain

    To play devil's advocate, there is no good (and easy) solution for growing radicalism. If you could convince radicals by talking peacefully, then they would not be radicals in the first place. If you are heavy handed, you risk the situation worsening until widespread unrest covers the country...
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