OTL after Otto III died in 1002, Boleslaw made deals with claimants in exchange for territory, and occupied Lusatia, Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia. Henry II was crowned and managed to defeat Boleslaw by 1005. Slovakia was lost later.
Through different diplomatic or military means could Boleslaw have kept some or all of his conquests?
These areas were still fairly sparsely populated with slavs. If they had been Christianised under the Poles would Czech and Lusatian be today Polish dialects or accents?
Would the capital stay in Poland proper, or move west with the border? Wroclaw?
Through different diplomatic or military means could Boleslaw have kept some or all of his conquests?
These areas were still fairly sparsely populated with slavs. If they had been Christianised under the Poles would Czech and Lusatian be today Polish dialects or accents?
Would the capital stay in Poland proper, or move west with the border? Wroclaw?