medieval europe

So in 1190, the first medieval Albanian "state" known as the principality of Arbanon is formed by Progon of Kruje. At first, this "state" is merely a Byzantine vassal, but after the 4th crusade, it gains full independence with Progon's son, Gjin, as its head. Gjin dies shortly after, in 1208...

what if a caste system was established in Medieval Europe based on serfs inheriting the curse of ham ? In Medieval Europe, the curse of Ham also became used as a justification for serfdom. Honorius Augustodunensis (c. 1100) was the first recorded to propose a caste system associating Ham with...

I am making a TL where Islam does not exist. Tell me what you think. So Mohammed converts to Christianity before he invents Islam. He converts many Arabs to Christianity and is canonized after his death as the Apostle to Arabia. Without the Arab invasions, Byzantium and Persia slowly recover...

How much power can the Papacy gain, so that Europe resembles more like a. The caliphates of the Middle East b. Ancient China with the importance of religion there (the Confucians?) Something along those lines where the Pope has much more political power. What is the upper limit, and how could...

Re: To Wear two crowns Richard I as Portrayed in the Movie Robinhood On December of 1194, the Duke of Austria died causing possible marriage negotiations between Eleanor of Brittany and Frederick of Austria to falter and Eleanor of Aquitaine would choose her other niece, Alice of Blois as...

The challenge if you choose to accept is to with a POD in 1300 CE, create a scenario wherein the Holy Roman Emperor is the king of Denmark. Stipulations, are that the King do Denmark must have his highest non Imperial title, being the Danish crown. Once this timeline is created, what would be...

A little collection for my trees with with eventual snippets, characters’ stories and backstories and similar as I do not like making full TL but often I have more material than simple trees and I do not know where share it ... A surviving Yorkist Europe Thread Mary, Queen and Empress Thread...

While reading various histories of the Middle Ages, I have occasionally come across references to the Homeric works (mentions of romances that alluded to Ulysses/Odysseus, for example), but not in a way that would imply familiarity with the actual texts of the Iliad and Odyssey. So, how familiar...

The lucky marriage – Kasumigenx cut A Boy’s death Freepedia Freepedia Freepedia Note: Arthur of Brittany is dead on this timeline as an infant, John thought that his crown was secure but he is mistaken

Your challenge is to have the culture of the Old Prussians survive until at least 1900.

Your challenge is to figure out a way to have a lasting independent state with Judaism as it's official religion emerge somewhere west of the Bug River, Danube River and Libya between the years 800 and 1300. My first immediate thought is that a Jewish governor is appointed for a region of...

Title is weird because I couldn't fit it all in the Title Box. What were some lesser-known alliances, mergers, and unions from Medieval Europe (fall of Rome-French Revolution) that you would liked or have seen survive to the present day?

Philip II Capet, King of France, from 1180 till his death in 1223, was one of France's most pivotal historical characters. He was very skilled at politicking, negotiating, and manipulating other important noble figures within France and her surroundings, and eventually succeeded at breaking the...

what if during the battle of lechefeld in 955, Otto the great, king of germany and later holy roman emperor, died in a pursuit of the retreating hungarians (that didn't happen otl), before claiming italy for his own or becoming HREmperor? With Liudolf of Swabia now the heir, we see massive...

So let's talk shit. Most historians seem to agree that Europe in the Middle Ages, most particularly the period of the High Middle Ages from about 1000 CE to 1300 CE, was very far from the completely ignorant and plague-riddled mud farmers portrayed by Monty Python, but it would also be too much...

The Fourth Crusade is generally regarded as a disaster, since rather than completing its intended objectives, it ended up dramatically weakening and dividing Christendom. The basic plan of the Crusade went something like this: the Republic of Venice would build a fleet to transport a crusader...

Assuming no Albigensian Crusade, what potential does an independent Occitan have at its disposal? This is a question mostly regarding the extent to which a fully independent or at least marginally independent Occitan could have on Europe entering the 14th and 15th century and beyond. Further...

A brief history lesson In OTL, Mary of Hungary, the daughter of Louis I, became the first ruling Queen of Hungary, due to a lack of suitable male heirs. Her mother, Bosnian-born noblewoman, former queen consort of Louis and now widow, Elisabeth Kotromanić, had something of a regent-like position...

Before we start, a brief note: this timeline will be narrative in style, and will focus on a late 12th century Europe in which Henry the Young King of England does not die of dysentry in June 1183, as he did in OTL. I won't spoil the exact POD, as it should become clear as you read on. This is...

1066: An age of War As the sun sets on 1065, the world is at an impasse. The great powers of Europe and the Orient eye each other off like fierce lions, circling and growling, beating their chests and looking for any sign that they can punch. While the lesser kings circle around like wolves...