I've always been interested in Eastern European history, but I've only had any real contact with Polish history (at the insistence of my Polish Grandmother who hero worships Jan Sobieski

), and even then, it still is sometimes weak on the ground since it is sometimes hard to find good English books on the subject.
However, I'm currently writing a paper for my Slovak History class with the subject being the attempted personal unions between Poland and Hungary.
Naturally, this involves quite a bit of Louis the Great/Hungarian. The whole paper has really got me interested in the Eastern European Anjou's.
So I'm thinking of trying a timeline with him having a son who can inherit his domains.
So, AH,com, what are the effects of Louis the I having a son that can inherit Hungary and Poland.
In OTL, the Anjou Kings had established a strong monarchy in Hungary. Louis father, Charles Robert of Anjou, had effectively broken the nobility of quite a bit of their power since he basically had to fight each and everyone of them for Hungary. Louis took this even further, with more centralising policies that eventualy backfired when he died.
Now, admitedly he gave EVEN more rights to the Polish nobility and he spent very little time there, which didn't lend itself well to a strong monarchy in Poland. However, Norman Davies (author of
God's Playground) said in his chapter that this was probably a delaying tactic to secure his dynasties hold on the country and then someone else could reverse ala Charles Robert. Of course, since Louis failed to sire a son, this was never reversed.
Also of course, if Louis has a son, their is a chance of better policies in the Balkans since the Kingdom of Hungary saw this as its backyard. Earlier battles with the Ottomans might stop them from ever coming to prominence.
Tell me what you guys think?