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  1. Crosses Marching

    Crosses Marching A Central European/Bavarian Timeline The Battle of Pressburg: In 907 AD the Margrave of Bavaria, Luitpold, was calling for a large German-Bavarian army to be assembled, to march into the former Bavarian eastern march and end the threat of the hostile Hungarian tribes...

  2. How inevitable was the little ice age by the 9th century?

    Ther are a lot of possible causes for the little ice age. Just looking at the Wikipedia page gives you everything from orbital cycles, over sunspots and volcanoes to reduced human population after the plague. Some of those are described as extremely variable, some seem inevitable. So what...

  3. WI: France doesn't intervene in the Great Turkish War

    What happens if France, for whatever reason doesn't intervene in the Great Turkish War? At this point in the war the Ottoman Empire was more or less in free fall. The troops of the HRE had already concquered Belgrade, Skopje and Pristina, and was sieging Sofia, Venice was occupying large...

  4. Diplomacy in Pre-Napoleon Europe, Sources?

    I am looking for some resources on European diplomacy shortly before and during the napoleonc wars. (Roughly end of seven years war to congress of Vienna) Both English and German would be fine. Also, something about the warfare in the period for someone without much clue concerning miltary...

  5. WI: Napoleon dies at Aspern-Essling

    What happens if Napoleon dies at Aspern-Essling (let's say he falls off his horse and breaks his neck) and the French don't manage to retreat in order, but instead are driven into the Danube? It seems likely that Prussia would have joined the coalition after a decisive Austrian victory, but...

  6. How do you defeat an army based on light cavalry in the middle ages?

    I'm currently thinking about writing a TL based on the premise that the Magyars lose the Battle of Pressburg in 907. Even though the classical horse-archer and light cavalry based armies used by various nomad or semi-nomad peoples in eastern Europe during the Middle Ages (Avars, Magyars, etc.)...

  7. I'm trying to understand population growth in Europe

    I really have problems understanding the differences in population growth in Europe. I mean, the basic stuff is obvious: More advanced agricultural technologies and medicine increase population growth, while war famine and better education/industrialization decrease it. Still, there are...

  8. How effective would the Nazi population growth measures have been?

    Just what it says on the tin. The Nazis started huge programs to improve German population growth (Mutterkreuz, Lebensborn, etc.). How fast was it really possible for the German population to grow in the case of a (however unlikely) victory. I have seen some graphs with huge population...

  9. Population Growth without the Great War

    Has anyone ever calculated population growth without the Great War? What would the population numbers of Europe look like in 1950, assuming no great conflicts or territorial changes (however likely that is)? This should factor in new medical developments and a without world wars generally...

  10. Frederick II. and the Pope

    Some time ago I stumbled upon an interesting little medieval POD: In 1239 Frederick II (the emperor) appearently was negotiating with Frederick II (the Duke of Austria) over the creation of a kingdom of Austria (including Styria and Carniola). For the duke this was obviously a great deal. The...

  11. Looking for sources on medieval life.

    Could someone please point me to a few good books about life and social structure in the high and late middle ages (preferably central european)? Other sources aside from books would be appreciated too of course. The language can be German or (obviously) English.
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