So I have a hankering for a Catalan TL, and all I know is that I want the PoD to be in the Middle/Dark Ages. Nothing beyond 1100.
I have multiple ideas that I want to have happen, but I don't know what PoD could cause them. So I'll list them out, and any of the AH experts can help me figure out what needs to be done.
1. Muslim Catalonia. It can either be the Catalans dominating Spain, or them being both a religious and ethnic minority within Spain.
2. A non-Catholic (but still Christian) "heretical" Catalonia. No Protestants, since that's too late for my desired era of PoDs, but any kind of heresy that could dominate the spiritual leanings of the Catalans.
3. While it's basically impossible to have Catalonia be dominated by the Jewish faith, is there any PoD that could give Jews the maximum amount of influence possible in Catalan culture that they could have in any European nation?
4. Make Catalonia and the Catalan culture (or a blend of it with the local culture) extend past the OTL Catalonia down south and west, into Andalusia.
5. I know it's an old cliche, but a PoD that makes the Kingdom of Aragon survive, and possibly expand even more.
I'd like to work on a TL featuring any of these PoDs, but I'm at a loss on where to start.