crusades

Point of Divergence ... Once again I come to another bad ass woman of ancient times who I admire very much. Eleanor of Aquitaine hailed from the Duchy of Aquitaine, a region steeped in the traditions of courtly love, as well as wealthy. Eleanor was quite the catch, and could have her pick of...

I am just previewing this not actually greenlighting this for now so expect no updates until i make a formal thread for this. The Mild Fall On 1197, Henry of Champagne would land from the window and was able to wake up after his fall from the first floor of his house with Isabella of...

The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem changed dynasties more times between it's establishment and fall (1099 and 1291) than most European states did in the same time. In part, this was due to the near-constant female successions: in those 200 years, Jerusalem had five queens-regnant (Melissende...

The Hungarian king doesn't fall ill during his campaign and leads the Crusaders to victory by defeating the Ayyubid armies and taking Jerusalem alongside with other forts. What are the consequences? What happens next?

I was wondering what people thought the state of holy orders in the vein of the Templars, Hospitallers and Teutons might be like in the case of a butterflied or failed crusades. From reading up, it seems some groups of knights in the service of the church existed pre-crusades in very small...

Chapter I: A triumph on the Nile. The Crusader forces were composed of the men from Montferrat, Blois, Champagne, Burgundy and Flanders. The majority rallied at Venice, aiming to land in Egypt and gain a foothold there. However, the Venetian Doge was jealous of Rhomaic wealth and had a long...

So, Count Stephen-Henry of Blois (father of the future would-be king of England) became a bit of the redheaded stepchild of the First Crusade. Although a major booster of the crusade, who wrote long and positive letters back home to his wife about the progress of the venture, and military...

One of the main problems faced by the Crusade States was the shitty relationship between the Principality of Antioch and the effective eastern border of Outremer, the County of Edessa. Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to get both states under the control of the same man by 1101...

"And All Nations Shall Gather To It" - A Crusades TL ***** Hello, friends, This is a story I've been writing, bit a bit, for some months now, focused on the Crusaders (with a PoD in the First Crusade), and in an alt-Kingdom of Jerusalem (let's abreviate "KOJ" to facilitate). For a set of...

this is something i've always found an interesting alternate history; was actually theoretically possible. Also writing a novel with this essential premise, so I need some help. Here's the backdrop: Mehmed the conqueror led a few successful campaigns against the Kingdom of Naples, that are...

Various religions that have a concept of an afterlife that is roughly equivalent to the Christian vision of Heaven and Hell also have a third kind of afterlife reserved for people who were not particularily evil, but also didn't do much for the benefit of society, just lived their lives as an...

After the Knights Templar was abolished, many of the knights joined the Order of Christ in Portugal. What if instead, the vast majority of former Templars joined the Teutonic Order? Assume that no ordinances are declared by the Holy Roman Empire against their travel and most of them make it to...

Would there still be crusades? After all, the crusades started after the Byzantine emperor asked for help. The situation in Syria/Palestine would develop differently if the Byzantines had won at Manzikert. Of course, the answer depends on what would happen after Manzikert. Would the Byzantine...

Since it seems a few of people have been debating this in other threads, I thought it would be interesting to see what the general consensus is as I find this question rather interesting. One could argue that since the Empire was partioned following the 4th Crusade the political continuity that...

If Scandinavia's various kings did not convert to Christianity on their own, and Norse/Finnish pagans managed to push back the Teutons for a few more centuries, could the advancing population and weaponry of central Europe lead to French and German "conquistadors" taking over the pagan...

Could the Knights Templar have conquered territory and formed a state-like entity, like the Teutonic Knights did? If so, what region would be most likely? Perhaps if they tried to conquer part of Anatolia to secure the overland route to Jerusalem?

DEUS VULT THE ANGEL OF GREAT COUNSEL Nativity, 1273rd Year of the Lord, Trier The castle floor was hard and cold on the winter night; the snow raged and the Rhine froze, and only the chanting of monks could be heard. The moon was on the other side of the great fortification -- only the...

Per the above. I would also like to extend the question: what would the circumstances need to be, in order for the Crusader states to survive for as long as possible?

My TL, at first out one of my favorite Alternate History discussions, Vinland. Enjoy, and please excuse my poor grammar and lack of knowledge on Norse naming, and please also forgive my lack of the use of Nordic characters as I'm just going to anglicize it both to be easier on me and people who...

Apollinis et Dianae: A Story of Power,Magnificence and Glory Prologue: The Status of Europe Europe in the early 1660's The year...