Create a scenario in which Poland (in any incarnation, not just the PLC) has either political, cultural or military dominance (or all three) over Eastern Europe.
Create a scenario in which Poland (in any incarnation, not just the PLC) has either political, cultural or military dominance (or all three) over Eastern Europe.
This basically, It wasn't that the PLC wasn't strong, but it was quite as unitary, and both sides ( the Polish and Lithuanian ) didn't exactly always like each other.You have to make Poland more unitary, so that it is able to stop the expansion of Muscovy/Russia and is able to handle its opponents to the west as well.
Either full absolutism, or a British political system. But, to achieve the latter, you must have no serfdom, an educated ruling class and a strong mercantile/urban bourgeois class with significant voice, which would require a very early POD.One of serious problem of PLC was that king was practically powerless person and every members of Sejm had libertum veto so it was difficult ot do any reforms. So keep king strong and remove libertum veto.
This can be achieved even as late as around mid-to-late 17th century. Just have John Sobieski succeeding in vassalizing Brandenburg.Prussia could be easily butterflied, but in return Poland would have to deal with other German powers who would likely benefit from such an ATL development
This can be achieved even as late as around mid-to-late 17th century. Just have John Sobieski succeeding in vassalizing Brandenburg.
Either full absolutism, or a British political system. But, to achieve the latter, you must have no serfdom, an educated ruling class and a strong mercantile/urban bourgeois class with significant voice, which would require a very early POD.
Why? I mean really what is the relation of poland being lutheran with the centralization of the state?Poland goes Lutheran, it have two benefits, it force Poland to create a centralise power, two it enable term to truly unite with Brandenburg, Saxony, Sweden or Denmark.
Why? I mean really what is the relation of poland being lutheran with the centralization of the state?
Most of the magnates, of the PLC have absolute freedom onf religion, they could convert to whatever they like and maintain his position, like his veto power this was inherent to be magnate i fail to see how turn protestan change these facts
I see and understand your point. And in any other country in Europe at the time, except the papal states, this plan is solid.What have religious tolerance with centralise the state, going Lutheran means removing the Catholic Church and forcing the state to take over its functions, this mean the clergy becomes civil servants, and the state as such extent its power to every hamlet of the country. At the same time it also give the state vast properties which it can use to finance itself.