TLC2: If at first...

Keenir

Banned
July 2, 1505 - Erfurt: Martin Luther, age 20 years, commits himself to remaining in the profession his father has selected for him - a lawyer. That young Martin hates the uncertainty in said profession, will gird his future attempts to inject greater certainties into German Legalism.

Initially, the absence of Luther makes little to no difference -- while in OTL, Luther was responsible for writing tracts "showing the error" of such heresies as the Hussites, we need only recall that King Henry 8th of England himself wrote similar tracts showing the error of post-Thesis Luther, and we can thus assure ourselves that the absence of Luther in a theological field will not be felt for some time.

July 10, 1509 - Noyon, Picardie, France: birth of John Calvin {Jean Chauvin}.

1510 - Switzerland: Huldrych Zwingli publishes The Ox.

1514 - Hungary: Peasants War: an uprising led by György Dózsa.

1515 - Slovenia: Peasants Revolt.

1516 - Switzerland: Zwingli publishes The Labyrinth. In both this and The Ox, he has attacked the mercenary system which had been traditional in his country.

1519 - Vezelay, Burgundy, France: birth of Theodore Beza. By the time of his death, Beza is known more for his poetry than for his theological writings.

In Switzerland, Zwingli lays the foundations for what will - before the decade is out - be called "Zwingli's Catholocism." While not a break from Rome, he has laid out some points which diverge from tradition, such as no veneration of Saints, disbelief in excommunication, and an unwillingness to tithe to Rome.

1521 - Saxony, Germany: claiming to be under orders from the Holy Spirit, Nicholas Storch left the town of Zwickau for Saxony, where he continued to preach that this was the End Times, as well as rejection of infant baptism and doctrine by appeal to tradition. Storch also said that his followers would have special revelations.

Note: big ripple here: in OTL, it was Luther who laid the smackdown on Storch's movement. No Luther, then there's a chance he might succeed...on some level. unfortunately...

1522 - Germany: beginning of Knights' Revolt. Led and organized by their leader, Franz von Sickingen, they used religious language in an attempt to get the town of Trier to - if not overthrow, then at least - hand over their Archbishop to the Knights.

While von Sickingen claimed to be acting in the name of the Emperor, the Imperial Diet claimed otherwise & ordered him to cease his actions. As it was already autumn, this was easy to comply with, regardless of intent.

During the winter, however, von Sickingen refined the language of his earlier exhortations, saying such things as that the Archbishop of Triers was far too wealthy to be a properly God-fearing man.

1523 - Jean Chauvin is sent to the University of Paris for both an education and to escape the plague in Noyon.

By late spring of 1523, the town of Triers was seized with internal revolt, and the Archbishop was thrown out of the town & was eventually brought before von Sickingen - dead. Among the things which contributed, a combination of a poor harvest, an over-abundance of rats eating what did get stored, and the highwater-mark of the Knights' literary efforts: what later theologians would insultingly call "the Sikist pamphlet."

If the "Sikist pamphlet" has a weakness, it is a double weakness:
1. It attacked the Archbishop of Triers specifically, leaving next to no wiggle room for any imitators to apply it to other clergy elsewhere.
2. The Knights were already looked down upon and refused alliance by both the Princes and the cities. Only the peasantry remained as potential allies...and that was a can of worms which had even the Knights worried.

The Count Palatine and the Landgrave of Hesse arrive at Trier and put down the revolt. Those Knights who are captured are refused ransom & put to death for their part in the revolt.

Trier is divided between Palatine and Hesse. The Imperial Diet and the Imperial Regency Council both place the Ban of Empire on all surviving Knights.

For his suspected complicity in the Knights' plot, the Archbishop of Mainz is defrocked and likewise given the Ban; his successor is permitted only the title of Bishop.

While the "Sikist Pamphlet" was too specific, it nonetheless marks the start of several more attempts at religious-based revolt - all of them unsuccessful.

This may (or may not) be because these revolts were all aimed at a particular person & were similarly based too heavily upon the Pamphlet.

1528 - Storch's teachings aquire a foothold outside of Zwickau and Saxony. While they reject doctrine by appeal to tradition, they overturn Storch's rejection of rejecting doctrine by appeal to authority...replacing it with keeping all that Storch (their authority) has given them.

1532 - Jean Chauvin attains a Doctor of Laws degree at Orleans.

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still to come...

1544 - Theodore Beza enters into an engagement with the lovely Claudine Denoese. His writings reinforce his reasoning that he has shared with friends, that the world is far too rife with temptations, and his engagement shall parry said temptations away from him. Later writers will read greater theological meaning in these words than Beza himself may have intended.

 

Keenir

Banned
July 2, 1505 - Erfurt: Martin Luther, age 20 years, commits himself to remaining in the profession his father has selected for him - a lawyer. That young Martin hates the uncertainty in said profession, will gird his future attempts to inject greater certainties into German Legalism.

This is my entry for the Timeline Two contest. In accordance with the scriptures, please post your comments on my timeline here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=66903
 

Keenir

Banned
1527 - Rome: Charles V dies while attempting to sack Rome.

Pope Clement allows Charles V to be buried, but not on consecrated ground. To add insult to injury, the Pope agrees to annul Henry 8th's marriage to Catherine (Charles V's aunt).

As public dissatisfaction with Charles V increased in Spain, the writings of Martin Luther gained wider and wider currency there. Many in the Cortes used Luther's works to argue against Charles' increasing unilateralism, a marked contrast to the contract between people and authority as it'd been before. This will not stop just because of Charles' death.

The few remaining Knights rally around a likeness of the now-dead Emperor, and gain a few more souls to their cause, though not a great deal many. For many, the greatest offense had been that the Emperor was not buried in consecrated ground. von Sickingen asserts that there are those who, because of the strength of their belief, can consecrate ground (since the Holy Spirit interceedes).


1528 - Storch's teachings aquire a foothold outside of Zwickau and Saxony. While they reject doctrine by appeal to tradition, they overturn Storch's rejection of rejecting doctrine by appeal to authority...replacing it with keeping all that Storch (their authority) has given them.

While not on terms with the Knights, Storch agrees that Charles V is a martyr, and martyrs can consecrate their own ground - the Holy Spirit told Storch so.

1532 - Jean Chauvin attains a Doctor of Laws degree at Orleans.

1535 - England: Henry Fitzroy, bastard son of Henry 8th, does not die.

Passage of the Laws In Wales Acts, stripping all power from the Marcher Lords.

Ottoman Emperor Suleyman the Great places John Zápolya o
n the Hungarian throne.

Just when it seemed that there would be an agreement as to which heir would become the next Emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor, Suleyman's actions threw it all into disarray. While it might've seemed reasonable - even logical - for the remaining canidates to join together and collectively remove the Turks from Europe, it was not to be. Another round of conflict began, giving Suleyman time to consolidate his holdings.

1538-43 - His European holdings secure, Emperor Suleyman turned his attention to Shah Tahmasp, who had had the Ottoman governor of Baghdad killed & had convinced the lord of Bitlis to switch sides against the Ottomans.

Unlike in OTL, Suleyman doesn't go after Bitlis first; instead, he pursues Tahmasp across Iran and into Azerbaijan, cutting off his pursuit when winter falls upon them. For his successes, Suleyman is confirmed as the leader of the Islamic World & successor to the Abbasid Caliphs.

Also unlike OTL, there is no Hurrem Sultan. Which leaves the path clear and safe for Mustafa to inherit when the time comes.

1540 - Some of the Knights take refuge in Flanders. von Sickingen refuses to join them, fearing that, to do so would weaken or eliminate any claim he has of loyalty to the Empire.


1541 - England and France take advantage of the Holy Roman Empire's state & invade.

1544 - Theodore Beza enters into an engagement with the lovely Claudine Denoese. His writings reinforce his reasoning that he has shared with friends, that the world is far too rife with temptations, and his engagement shall parry said temptations away from him. Later writers will read greater theological meaning in these words than Beza himself may have intended.

Storch's teachings have adherents in far-off Bavaria and Trent, with some in the process of spreading the Word to Venice and France.

Never widespread or widely popular, Storch's is a persistant movement, likened to a faint scribble in the margins, one which nobody can quite remove.

1547 - Treaty Of Hesse marks the end of the war by France and England into the HRE.
 

Keenir

Banned
Nice start. More?

We are now allowing comments directly in the timeline threads.

looking forwards to it.


Passage of the Laws In Wales Acts, stripping all power from the Marcher Lords.

1541 - England and France take advantage of the Holy Roman Empire's state & invade.

Never widespread or widely popular, Storch's is a persistant movement, likened to a faint scribble in the margins, one which nobody can quite remove.

1547 - Treaty Of Hesse marks the end of the war by France and England into the HRE.

late 1547 - Her husband dead, Anne Boleyn marries Thomas Wyatt.

1548 - Birth of fraternal twins John and Edward to Prince Henry by the Lady Mary Howard.

- Second Sack of Rome. This one was done by France, and is successful in looting the Papal City, and in removing the sitting Pope -- who is replaced by a Cardinal selected by the French Emperor. While initial plans had been to raze the Vatican (so correspondances of the day suggest to historians), the razing of the City stopped at the gates of St Peters.

1549 - Thomas Cart completes his apprenticeship as a gunmaker.

1552
- Henry 8th of England dies in bed. Henry Fitzroy - regnal name Henry 9th - assumes the throne.

1553 -
Death of Queen Mary Howard. Henry 9th weds his mistress (of one year) Marie Parr.

1554-onwards
- Henry 9th grows closer to France.

1559 - Rise of the anti-Pope in Naples. While the French Pope in Rome mocks the anti-Pope's borderline stoicism and willing poverty, many Catholics begin to side with the anti-Pope and the attendant Biblical Legalism that he is enjoining. (thank you, Luther!)

- Queen Marie Parr of England dies from an infection.

1561 - Henry 9th of England remarries, this time to a French Princess.

- Fearing that the King of England will become the King of England-and-France, the Spanish King launches an invasion of England, setting his armada to sail.


- Nicholas Bacon takes his leave of the Tudors, setting out to explore what would become known as the Great Bay in the northern reaches of North America.

- Vanquishing of the Spanish Armada by the British. Leading the fight is Henry 9th, who dies in the battle - "giving his life for England" as the stories and songs later recount. Prince Edward becomes King of England.

- French Civil War.



1562 - His brother permits John Tudor to leave England alive & to take a small coterie with him into exile in Ireland (don't want the boy taking shelter with a foreign court, after all). King Edward’s busy, after all, dealing with the appearance of Storchists on his southeast coast.

- New Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire selected. This one, Frederich, though a nominal Catholic, has strong ties to the slowly-growing Moravian communities spreading through the Empire (for one thing, his wife’s one), and sympathies towards the anti-Pope.

1564-71 – power struggle between governors’ families in the north of Spain; the Spanish King supports whichever side is winning at the time.

1567 - Devonshire, England - First successful firing of the Cart Rifles. Unlike their predecessors, these have grooved barrels, with the grooves rotating in a slow arc to reduce the rate of fouling.


- The Caucaus Mts are now in the possession of Persia, under the hand of Shah Tamsib’s successor. This is a delicate balancing act, given the current dependence on the loyalty of friendly local lords to the Shah. But neither the lords nor the Shah wish Ottoman Emperor Mustafa to come over, so a peace is present by default.

- Nicholas Bacon returns to England, promptly joining up with the mini-court of Prince John.

1569 – Invention of “the Vacuole Bullet” by Luis Montoya, a refugee from the Basque region of Spain, who had taken refuge in Cork County, Ireland; this weapon earned its moniker by the hole or pocket in its back, providing a larger surface area for the explosion to strike and push against.

1570-4 – Russian-Ottoman war. Persia takes the opportunity to invade Russia and spread northwards (a rival shah, put to death shortly thereafter) attempted to take over, intending to have the armies of Persia and the mountain lords invade both the Russian and the Ottoman Empires – a plan that would have ended in utter failure.

Late 1570-early 1578 – period of antagonism and “gentlemanly hostility” between Luis Montoya and Nicholas Bacon. Many point to Bacon’s affair with Montoya’s wife (d.’73) and Montoya’s niece (later) as the origin of the ill will between them.

1572 – Marriage of 22-year-old John Tudor to the 27-year-old widow Anne Murphy.

1574 – In gratitude for not having to deal with a Persian army in addition to Russia’s, Emperor Mustafa arranges for an Everlasting Peace between the Ottoman and Persian Empires.

1575-80 - John Tudor (Sean Tydder now) rallies a following around him. As he doesn't seem to be arming his men, he is politely ignored by his brother the King.

- Tydder also spreads the use of a new alphabet, one not based on the Roman system, one better suited to both Irish and English.

1578 – Death of Luis Montoya.

- Nicholas Bacon proposes to Maria Montoya (Luis’ niece), who refuses him.

November 1579 – Death of Nicholas Bacon “by forces internal.” Some specialist scholars suggest that Maria Montoya, a budding chemist, had had a hand in it.

1583 - Invasion of England by Tydder's forces. At this time, Sean declares his stepson Sean Murphy (son of Anne by her prior husband) to be his rightful successor.

-Uprising in Peru.

1583-91 - The Nine Year War. Tudor vs Tydder.
 

Keenir

Banned
if I may ask, how is the map progressing?

During the Nine Year War, while the Cart Rifles were easier to clean, their users were not as motivated as Tydder’s forces – Tudor was experiencing financial difficulties.

1590 – death of the King of Spain. The fighting of the northern governors spills over into the rest of the country: civil war.

A Russian aristocrat begins work on the idea that the universe is a giant clock.

Zwingli’s reforms reach Rome and Naples.

Febuary 1591 – end of the Nine Year War. Sean Tydder accepts his brother’s surrender, imprisoning Edward Tudor on the palace grounds; three months later, Tudor is dead. Sean does not move his capital back to England.

1593 – Shah Tahmsib’s successor marries a Georgian princess.

1555 – Anon. proposal written out that the planets are held in place – the page of calculations demonstrates – by gravitas. But this would have been quicker to catch on, had it not been for the dirk through the sheepskin parchment and into the owner of the Holland tavern where the proposal was found.

1559 – the writer of the Gravitas Theory is captured in France, where he is jailed for life. Some believe that the writer was granted audiences with individuals who would later become prominent scientists.

1603 – birth of the half-Georgian heir to the Persian throne.

Church and legate documents attest that the Tydder Spelling Reforms have made their way all the way from the Orkneys to the Isle of Man. In the Isle of Man, special diacritics are locally developed for Manx, though they won’t be formally adopted by the Crown for decades at least.

1604 – Sean Murphy is declared Crown Prince of England, while his half-sister is declared Princess of Wales. {what’s a good Irish name for her?}

1607 – A slim book is published in France, elaborating on the Gravitas Theory. In the final chapter of the book, it in passing mentions four objects seen orbiting Jupiter.
 
if I may ask, how is the map progressing?

I suppose that my map has many mistakes in here.... :eek: Would you mind to check it out ?

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