Europe in Middle Ages

Hi,

i dont know if i should post this here, but i will just try it out.
I am at the mod working at a mod for EU3 which starts 1356 and cause i guess u guys know more than me about history and i want to create a in some way realitistic mod and so u could help me.
I am not very sure about some balances, if u take for example, Portugal, Castille, Aragon, France, England and Scotland in which balance would they stay in Economy and Military then.
The same question i have if u balance Sicily, Naples, Papal State, Milan, Savoy or Venice or also Hungary, Poland, Bohemia, Austria.
I could now make a even longer list, but the question is if i am right here and if u could help me, if u know good free sources for that time, i would also really appreciate it, but i am happy if i get any help.
 
1356 was the beginning of France's first near-collapse during the Hundred Years War. John II and much of the upper aristocracy was captured at Poitiers. In 1356-1357, the Estates general of France tried to seize power, lead by the demagogue Étienne Marcel. A bloody civil war began in France pitting many disaffected social elements against the much beleaguered French crown, lead by Charles of Navarre (the Bad).
For the balance of power in Europe, it is important to note that while France was military defeated and England was in a very strong position, longterm France will recover its power. England was able to gain generous territorial concessions (which I don't believe it was doomed to lose in the 1370s as it did, beginning to work on a timeline in the period now), but France is in absolute terms a stronger state. Look to the illustrious French princes to keep France weak, there is a lot of room for this in the late 14th century.
In Italy, the Visconti had ambitions to dominate northern Italy, that were checked by a nebulous coalition of Florence, the Papal States, Venice, Bologna, Savoy and many weaker powers. The Visconti could certainly be more successful given the right POD (the Visconti are badass!!!).
For more information on this period, I suggest Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror for a general overview, although it focuses on France, Italy and England and hardly goes into other regions.
I also loved reading Jonathan Sumption's Hundred Years War series, the current volumes of which (I-III) cover England and France from 1328-1399 in remarkable detail and wonderful elegance. They are, however, about 2000 pages of reading, so they might be a little more in depth than what you are looking for:D.
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At that time Hungary is probably the most powerful country in europe and will remain at the top or one of the top 3 until the 1380's
 
MEIOU starts in 1356.
I am working at that mod, some kind of my own rebalancement.
Thx for the answer, cause of Hungary why where they so rich at that time, was it cause of good organization of state or was it the rich land of the hungarian basin, was Hungary also in terms of economy the most powerful ?
And Milan should they be as strong as Austria in 1356 or a bit or much stronger, if yes, a other state to compare would be good ?
 
I am working at that mod, some kind of my own rebalancement.
Thx for the answer, cause of Hungary why where they so rich at that time, was it cause of good organization of state or was it the rich land of the hungarian basin, was Hungary also in terms of economy the most powerful ?
And Milan should they be as strong as Austria in 1356 or a bit or much stronger, if yes, a other state to compare would be good ?

Hungary has gold and silver mines. Deep and rich mines.
 
Also between 1320's and 1340's the Royal house managed to break the power of the maganates centralising the country quite a lot which resultet in increased power.
 
Hi,

thx for your answers until now, but i thought why not maybe post the income and manpower of stats in my changed version of meiou and then if u think something needs balancing u could just tell me, pls dont look at the specific manpowers, just compare them pls, the manpower values are pretty high, so if England has 97 k and France 94 k, it should mean England has a little bit more manpower than France at that time and not that they had 97 k.

I-Income
k-Manpower in thousands
(South/North-) West Europe :
England 1570 I - 97 k
France 1395 I - 94 k
Aragon 1135 I - 73 k
Castille 1105 I - 68 k
Naples 730 I - 48 k
Genoa 615 I - 23 k
Portugal 585 I - 34 k
Burgundy 535 I - 38 k
Granada 485 I - 29 k
Sicily 460 I - 29 k
Flanders 450 I - 41 k
Savoy 375 I - 46 k
Papal State 365 I - 23 k
Scotland 345 I - 51 k
Provence 235 I - 12 k
Anjou 215 I - 14 k
Navarra 190 I - 18 k
Bourbon 190 I - 10 k
Orleans 185 I - 23 k

This is only a part of Europe, but if that helps u helping me then i will do post the same thing for other regions.

And cause some of u seem to know EU3, if u want to test my mod and look into it, u can download it here :
http://www.mediafire.com/?ghh11g35227bfc0
 
There really aren't anything like "national fleets" in this period, except possibly for the Italian merchant republics, that's the problem.

At least armies you can get a feel for what sized forces were raised by kings.
 
Hmm, well this is just after the death of Stephen Dušan (1355), so the Serbian Empire is still the power in the Balkans, though they are under Uroš the Weak in 1356.
 
Hmm, well this is just after the death of Stephen Dušan (1355), so the Serbian Empire is still the power in the Balkans, though they are under Uroš the Weak in 1356.
Yes, it is, the game starts directly with the Golden Bull 1356, if a serbia suceeded in holding that nation together, how strong would they have probably been ?
 
Serbia could have become a mayor power due to it's location but just like Bulgaria had rotten luck with inheritance.
 
Serbia could have become a mayor power due to it's location but just like Bulgaria had rotten luck with inheritance.
What u mean with its location (I guess u mean that it is between Middle East a Western Europe or ?) and could it really have beaten Hungary if it stabilized ?
 
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