Corbyn looks like a British Paul Krugman, while Gove looks like a prepubescent.
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Corbyn looks like a British Paul Krugman, while Gove looks like a prepubescent.
Hah. Apparently the Imperial Chancery has the same attitude to me as the European Commission does to old buildings
Well, unfortunately, you're not a public figure, so I couldn't use an actual photograph of you.
Now, I realize I could have asked you for a photograph, but I came to the conclusion that it would be funnier if the photograph that was supposed to be of you just had been taken down by orders of the government or something. It makes you a more interesting character if the Nordic Imperial Chancery is actively engaged in getting rid of unlicensed images of you, and that consequently, it's hard to come across a picture of Tomas Andersson.
Soon. I'll post a new chapter in about a few days or so, but yes, you will get a Sicilian unification.
For a minute I thought that would be a link to 'Things Can Only Get Better'.
Maybe we should make that the AH.com equivalent of the Rickroll...To this day, I remain perplexed as to how it was even possible for a Catholic nation to go to war against the Papacy. I mean, isn't that guy in Catholic doctrine the fellow entrusted by God to be the placeholder of Christ himself as head of the Church until He returns? Wasn't he the fellow entrusted with the keys? The ultimate apostolic successor? How could you possibly manage to command Catholic soldiers to go to war against him? Wouldn't these poor Catholic soldiers be paralyzed with fear of eternal torment in Hell did they go to war against the One True Catholic Church and God's representative on Earth?
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We're talking 19th century Europe; and I'm sure even in the times of the Renaissance, people weren't afraid to go to war with the Pope if he was meddling.
Here's my take on Thande's retro challenge, with German federal elections, 1848-style. The basic idea was to have mostly politicians with aristocratic origins in the bourgeois (liberal and conservative) parties, whereas the proto-Social Democrats have a trade unionist as their frontman. Since the German words for the political clubs (parties really only emerged in the 1860s) may not be familiar to all, here's a short overview of their political ideology, from far-right to far-left:
Steinernes Haus - national-conservative, authoritarian
Café Milani - centre-right, Christian conservative
Casino - centre-right, liberal (mostly from Northern parts of Germany)
Württemberger Hof - left-wing liberal (usually Southern German liberals)
Deutscher Hof - centre-left, democratic
Donnersberg - radical democratic, republican
Steinernes Haus - national-conservative, authoritarian
Café Milani - centre-right, Christian conservative
Casino - centre-right, liberal (mostly from Northern parts of Germany)
Württemberger Hof - left-wing liberal (usually Southern German liberals)
Deutscher Hof - centre-left, democratic
Donnersberg - radical democratic, republican
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Not quite, in medieval times there was a difference between the Pope as an spiritual figure and the Pope as a terrenal figure, much like how monarchs were monarchs twice, once as the holder of the perpetual office of monarch (hence why The King is Dead, Long Live the King) and the earthly person.
He was indeed the Vicary of Christ, but you see even Charles I sacked Rome even though he was very pious. Never underestimate human hypocrisy. Oh you heretics - I mean protestants, still see us as completely and blindly loyal to Pope
Not quite, in medieval times there was a difference between the Pope as an spiritual figure and the Pope as a terrenal figure, much like how monarchs were monarchs twice, once as the holder of the perpetual office of monarch (hence why The King is Dead, Long Live the King) and the earthly person.
He was indeed the Vicary of Christ, but you see even Charles I sacked Rome even though he was very pious. Never underestimate human hypocrisy. Oh you heretics - I mean protestants, still see us as completely and blindly loyal to Pope
I guess I can sort of buy that situation, but it still very much perplexes me. I think if I were a Catholic, and I was commanded to go to war against the Papacy, I would never dare do it, and would probably rather face court martial for deserting than risk go to war with Christ's representative on Earth, even if I was told about the justification of the Pope occupying two offices, and the problem was with his temporal, not his spiritual, office.
But perhaps people simply aren't like me in sentiment?
Also, I must say this is the first time I notice that you really are Spanish (I still keep thinking of you as being Dutch even though I know you're Spanish). Everyone else calls the fellow Charles V, since he was the fifth Holy Roman Emperor by that name, only the Spaniards call their first king named Charles Charles I.
It should be noted that while the (Swedish branch of the) von Fersen family died out in the 19th century in OTL, another character who will end up playing a significant role in my upcoming timeline, Adolf Ludvig Hamilton has descendants down to this very day, and his family (which can trace their lineage back to a branch of the Scottish clan Hamilton that came over to Sweden as hired mercenaries in the Thirty Years' War) have for over 200 years produced many Swedish liberal politicians, like Henning Hamilton and Carl B. Hamilton (whose picture I have borrowed for Arvid R. Hamilton below). I am curious as to whether the former economic affairs spokesman of the Liberal People's Party is aware that he is a descendant of Robert the Bruce of Scotland... Anyway, there's also a series of novels a fellow called Jan Guillou has written about a fictional member of this family who is an agent in the Swedish secret service and something of a "Swedish James Bond" (yes, ridiculous, I know).
Anyway, the Swedish Hamiltons are fortunate enough to get to continue their line until the present day in this timeline as well. Arvid R. Hamilton is a current-day Count Hamilton and as a nobleman in the Swedish peerage he has stood for election, and been elected, to the Imperial House of Knights, where he is a member of the Liberal Coalition Party. He is by training an economist and a historian, having written books on the history of Nordic liberalism.
Penelope Gordon-Lennox s the daughter of Anglo-Scots historian Joseph Gordon-Lennox and Mary MacDougall. After doing her undergraduate at the University of St. Andrews, she did a PhD specializing in colonial and anteglatierum United States at the University of Virginia, where she met Patrick Von Fersen, the second of Maxwell Von Fersen's three sons, whom she married in 1984. She has taken an interest in her husband's family and written biographies of both Axel von Fersen and Thomas Jefferson. Penelope is the mother of Victoria (b. 1987), Lucas (b. 1990) and Alexia Von Fersen (b. 1994).
Anyway, the Swedish Hamiltons are fortunate enough to get to continue their line until the present day in this timeline as well. Arvid R. Hamilton is a current-day Count Hamilton and as a nobleman in the Swedish peerage he has stood for election, and been elected, to the Imperial House of Knights, where he is a member of the Liberal Coalition Party. He is by training an economist and a historian, having written books on the history of Nordic liberalism.
Penelope Gordon-Lennox s the daughter of Anglo-Scots historian Joseph Gordon-Lennox and Mary MacDougall. After doing her undergraduate at the University of St. Andrews, she did a PhD specializing in colonial and anteglatierum United States at the University of Virginia, where she met Patrick Von Fersen, the second of Maxwell Von Fersen's three sons, whom she married in 1984. She has taken an interest in her husband's family and written biographies of both Axel von Fersen and Thomas Jefferson. Penelope is the mother of Victoria (b. 1987), Lucas (b. 1990) and Alexia Von Fersen (b. 1994).
Well, it's the same kind of reasoning that allowed Louis XIV to claim himself as a God's Chosen King of France (hevy emphasis on the Dei Gratia part) while allowing himself to be represented in paintings as the pagan god Apollo. I don't think the division between what was religious and what not was so clear-cut in a society where religion was everywhere and essentially everything, especially for the lower classes. That being said, trust me, excommunication was better than being sent to the galleys. Much, much better, there's a reason why in Spain, being sent to the galleys was the punishmen for the harshest crimes, as opposed to death.
Also, I must say this is the first time I notice that you really are Spanish (I still keep thinking of you as being Dutch even though I know you're Spanish). Everyone else calls the fellow Charles V, since he was the fifth Holy Roman Emperor by that name, only the Spaniards call their first king named Charles Charles I.
Well, usually he's referred to as Carlos I de España y V de Alemania (or of the Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico for more snobby people). And yeah I'm Spanish.
Back in the first half of the twentieth century, relations were very good between the Catholic Popular Party in Quebec and the Skeptical Party in France, as they shared the same skeptical humanist and pro-business policies. However, since the 1950s, the two parties have grown further and further away from one another, now to the point where no serious observer would call them sister parties any longer. The PPC, though having maintained their close relations to the Catholic Church has also embraced Social Christian economic policies, whereas the PS has embraced Chydenian liberalism instead.
The PPC are currently in opposition in Quebec.
Now for something completely different, a fictional thing I created! I would have images, but my buddy never got back to me with those
The wood elves are a species that disappeared, but are known to not be extinct.
The wood elves are a species that disappeared, but are known to not be extinct.
The high elves were the rulers of the elves before the exodus from Eletancy. They were not kind to the other races, thus their nickname "Oppression Elves".
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