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  1. WI Richard II isn't deposed (2024 ed)

    Now that I check it, didn't Louis of Orleans not really come into power until the death of Phillip the Bold in 1404? And even then, it brought him into conflict with Phillip's son, John the Fearless? I can't imagine that ending the truce with England is in France's interest so long as they're...

  2. WI Richard II isn't deposed (2024 ed)

    What if the Bolingbroke-Mowbray Duel did end up happening? Alternatively, what if it was Bolingbroke who died shortly into his exile, while Mowbray lived longer? If John of Gaunt's only legitimate son is dead, and not only are all of said son's offspring are still minors at this point, but...

  3. World Islam in a Crusader Win TL

    So if the caliph's territory is reduced pretty much to western arabia, with pretty much all other muslims either living under non-muslim rule or in far-off empires where muslim's are an elite minority (Delhi Sultanate, Mali, etc), what does this mean for the Islamic religion as a whole?

  4. WI Council of Acre (Second Crusade)… (2024 Ed)

    If Aleppo is taken, and Damascus falls at some point after Mujir ad-Din's death, that would pretty much secure the Crusader States longer term, wouldn't it? Would there even be calls for further crusades, in TTL?

  5. WI First Crusade Fails (2024 ed)

    Would everyone agree that this PoD basically nips the "Crusades" in the bud, effectively completely reshaping the 12th and 13th Centuries in Western History?

  6. AHC Wank Frederick II (post 1223)

    @Nuraghe On the subject - - supposing, at minimum Conrad IV is crowned Emperor after his father’s death and that both his son both live longer, such that the Hofenstan line still reigns at the end of the 13th Century; this would avert the Holy Roman Interregnum (of 1250 to 1273) would it not...

  7. AHC Wank Frederick II (post 1223)

    @Nuraghe I had put the PoD restriction of 1223 in partly out of hope that Frederick could still be King of Jerusalem in his “best” scenario; do you feel it was that much of a hindrance for him? Also, you mention considering that failing to appoint an Antipope to Innocent IV was a mistake on the...

  8. What if the Mongols won at Ain Jalut and conquered Egypt?

    Even if the Mongols only conquer Upper Egypt, don’t persecute muslims in particular, and don’t go any further into Africa -- even then, the Nile Valley is still going to suffer massive depopulation loss, and that by itself is going to have major geopolitical and wider historical implications...

  9. AHC: Better 14th Century for Byzantines

    So just a reminder to myself that this discussion actually gets a really good examination in this ongoing TL.

  10. WI Richard II isn't deposed (2024 ed)

    So we did have a thread discussing this idea a few years ago, which is worth checking out here, but it also focused a lot on who would eventually succeed the young king. For this new thread, I'm more interested in some other questions -- first, what would be the latest PoD that could...

  11. AHC Wank Frederick II (post 1223)

    Right, initially Henry had been betrothed to Agnes of Bohemia; but AIUI, she was went to the court of the Duke of Austria, who wanted to set the young king up with his own daughter, and that's eventually what happened. With a 1223 PoD, she'd still be in this Austrian court, but the engagement...

  12. AHC Wank Frederick II (post 1223)

    At a meeting with the pope and others in March 1223, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II agreed to marry Queen Isabella of Jerusalem and to go on a crusade. With no PoDs prior to this meeting, how could the Emperor have the most successful reign possible? To an extent, this is building off of...

  13. WI First Crusade Fails (2024 ed)

    Edessa is a lot more vulnerable than Antioch, that’s for sure; would you say the former is more likely to come under attack first than the latter? If so, then I’d say it likely falls, and Bohemond quickly trie to make up with the Byzantines to get their protection; if he gets it, I imagine...

  14. Wessex falls to the Great Heathen Army, 866 AD

    Would it consolidate though, from the inside that is? Or do you mean they’d be like Ireland and Wales, a politically divided region only really united once conquered by an outside power (England itself OTL for the former, maybe Denmark TTL for “England”)?

  15. AHC & WI: No Ottonian HRE

    So TTL’s version of Louis V may well be more impressive than OTL, based on having an education more akin to what Otto III got OTL; for example, if Gerbert of Aurillac still exists TTL and visits Italy, he’d more likely to be brought in as a tutor for Adelaide’s first family (children with...

  16. Wessex falls to the Great Heathen Army, 866 AD

  17. WI First Crusade Fails (2024 ed)

    I was surprised to find this question is something that got less discussion in recent years than I expected, despite that, when it is brought up, consensus seems to be that it has a lot of fascinating AH potential, both in plausibility and potential to change history. There are multiple PoDs...

  18. AHC & WI: No Ottonian HRE

    So I just realized -- if Emma of Italy marries Lothair of France as she did OTL, that would unify the thrones of Italy and West Francia. Is their son as likely to be "the Do-Nothing King" in TTL, or could we see a restored Holy Roman Empire based in France instead of Germany? Yeah, I forgot...

  19. AHC & WI No / Alt Investiture Controversy

    Actually, going back to the 1066 PoDs for a sec -- I am checking out a TL on the subject now, and it actually makes a fair case that the Normans would actually bring doing less well in the Mediterranean TTL, and that this would have some implications on how the Papal Reformers’ efforts play out:

  20. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-empress-wei-of-tang-keeps-power-710.554073/ https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-emperor-shenzong-of-song-1067-85-lived-longer-1105.554080/
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