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  1. AHC: Avoid Danish Invasion of England (1013)

    The phrase ''just about an adult'' was doing a fair bit of heavy lifting there, I'll admit. I was envisioning Athelstan as born in the mid-980s being 15-16 at the time of his father's death - comparable in age to Eadwig and Edgar at their accessions, or Edmund when he fought at Brunanburh. But...

  2. AHC: Avoid Danish Invasion of England (1013)

    Also worth considering potential effects on the Christianisation in Scandinavia. This was probably a more gradual process than our sources, with their focus on dramatic kingly conversions, make out but different careers for Olafs Tryggvason and Haraldson would definitely effect the process of...

  3. AHC: Avoid Danish Invasion of England (1013)

    Yeah. Also worth noting that the Jelling dynasty is of relatively recent vintage in Denmark - its ascent to power is a bit obscure, but probably only occured under Sweyn's grandfather Gorm or great-grandfather Harthacnut (some interpretations have these two as the same person with Gorm being a...

  4. AHC: Avoid Danish Invasion of England (1013)

    Probably has some aspirations to maintain his father's pretensions re: Wales and Scotland? Scotland underwent some dynastic instability in the late 10th/early 11th with pretty rapid turnover from Kenneth II-Constantine III-Kenneth III-Malcolm II from 995-1004. Strathclyde is, as always, pretty...

  5. English Language and Culture in a Surviving North Sea Empire?

    Did Cnut actually intend for a single one of his sons to inherit a unitary kingdom? During his lifetime he was dispatching sons to exercise delegated semi-regal authority in Norway (Sveinn) and Denmark (Harthacnut). Feel like it's a scenario where if there's multiple sons a breakup is the...

  6. AHC: Avoid Danish Invasion of England (1013)

    How would things go if Ethelred followed so many of his kinsmen and died relatively early, in his mid-30s c. 1000. His eldest son, Athelstan, is probably just about an adult at this stage. Things are trending downwards at this point - Maldon and the raids (and tribute payments) of the 990s...

  7. A Second White Rose - Edmund, Earl of Rutland Survives

    Glad to be of service. Always been interested in George as someone who had such potential to be significant. Nice to see you making something of him.

  8. What if Edward the confessor had a daughter

    Anglo-Saxons weren't super into close cousin marriage. Not saying it can't be forced through in the context of 1066, but perhaps something to be mindful of.

  9. AHC: Make armes of prydein happen.

    Horse has well and truly bolted as far as expelling the Anglo-Saxons from Britain by that point. Even subjugating them probably a long shot. Best chance is probably some sort of Wessex-screw - probably some sort of succession dispute, of which there were plenty IOTL but they weren't...

  10. Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    And Æthelflaed's dad and sister literally have 'Ælf' as part of their names.

  11. A Second White Rose - Edmund, Earl of Rutland Survives

    Is that correct? I would've thought the third shares in question would have gone to each of Worcester's sisters/their descendants as co-heirs. Sorry for nitpicking insufferably. Really enjoying the TL.

  12. William the Conqueror dies without male heirs

    Also probably still some Godwinsons about. Unsure how much headway they'd be able to make given the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy has been gutted. I suppose Edgar could call on his brother-in-law in Scotland? Does the French king have the power to enforce that? In any case, aren't there other...

  13. A Second White Rose - Edmund, Earl of Rutland Survives

    What has become of Warwick's brother Montagu - presumably he followed his brother and stayed loyal to Edward ITTL? However, there might be some cause for tension in the future if the implication here is that Edward is going to claim the entire Warwick inheritance: A lot of Warwick's northern...

  14. Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD

    I mean, not sure someone who'd been on the throne for ~2 years, had already faced one significant rebellion, and was widely regarded as a usurper counts as ''an invincible dynasty.''

  15. A Second White Rose - Edmund, Earl of Rutland Survives

    I mean, sure, but the characters don't necessarily know that - thought from Edward's POV there might have been some benefit in getting Margaret (and her vast lands) in the hands of an adult brother relatively soon after Towton, rather than waiting a few years for George to come of age.

  16. A Second White Rose - Edmund, Earl of Rutland Survives

    Thought you had something in store for Margaret Beaufort when you had Henry Stafford die at Towton, but would have picked her for Edmund rather than George. How does Joanna feel about her marriage? Are her brothers all attainted or in exile (did the eldest not die at Towton ITTL?)?

  17. A Second White Rose - Edmund, Earl of Rutland Survives

    Meant to read the first version of this but never got around to it. Excited to be in on the ground floor of this version. Different casualty list for Towton caught my eye.

  18. AHC: Sinicized Dynasty in Iran

    Any possibility of sinicised descendants of Yazdegerd being reinstalled in (part of?) Iran with Tang backing?

  19. Britain sacks Beijing in Second Opium War

    I mean, I agree that that was definitely the case IOTL and most of the British higher ups in China came to a quick and firm negative opinion of the Taiping. But there has to have been some catalyst ITTL for them to sack Beijing - a thing the West surely knows will severely weaken (and also piss...

  20. Britain sacks Beijing in Second Opium War

    Major prestige and legitimacy hit to the Qing, which is significant given the number of rebellions they were facing. Assuming the British haven't just sacked Beijing for a laugh, there was probably something major to precipitate it - and this might mean it takes a bit longer for peace to be...
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