dbwi britain

The Church of England was never really taken seriously during its brief existence under Henry the Eigth. Even many elites and some bishops saw it as just a "Church of Political Punditry", and not helping matters is that to hear most modern historians put it, Henry simply just saw it as a quick...

In the late 7nth century the Northumbrians had begun to lose control over the Pictish kingdoms of Northern Britain. In response King Ecgfrith marched an army north and crushed the Picts at the Battle of Dun Nechtain, bringing them back under Northumbrian suzerainty and permanently tying them to...

So on my way home, I had the joy of being behind a small convoy of tractor trailers. A bit annoying due to the lights, but it got me thinking when I noticed they mostly had the Leyland crests: what if the British car and truck industry went the way of several European countries' automotive...

OOC: TTL, Otto never conquered italy to create the HRE, so his Germany survived as a cohesive state that centralized like France or England or any other european kingdom) IC: OTL, King Otto IX of Germany was hesitant to fund colonization of the new world. Yes it could make Germany rich, but the...

Otl, Britain was invaded by barbarians numerous times over the centuries after Rome retreated from the island. But the locals had learned from the Romans, and kingdoms like the Iceni and the Rheged were strong enough to repulse them. Eventually the Iceni were a le to establish hegemony over...

OTL, Britain's victory in the 7 year's war was incredibly expensive, and it was in massive debt. So where other colonial empires set new taxes for their colonies from europe, a top down thing, the british parliament wrote the governors of the North American Colonies and basically told them...

As you might know, Margret Thatcher was the leader of the Conservative party from 1974 to 1978, famous for her Chicago-school ideas--sort of a British Reagan. After resigning due to loosing the 1978 general election, Tory Monetarists were largely cast aside, and one-nation conservatives...

As Brexit is about to happen, groups in Scotland and Ireland are movilising again for independence referendums, they're very inlikely to succeed but I do wonder. How would an Independend Ireland be? Would it be a viable country? What about its relations with the UK?

What would have happened if Æthelwald had been able to incite the East Anglian Danes as he had planned? Would Edward have been able consolidate and expand his father Alfred's holdings or would Ragnvald Sygtryggsson still have taken York all the way to the mouth of the Mersey and lay the...

From 1945 to 2000, in the United Kingdom, the Labour Party was in office for approximately 40 years, compared to the Tories' 25 years. This lead of course to the well-known phrase that Labour is the 'natural party of government.' So what would you need to change this? Maybe have Churchill make...

Now, as we all know, the seeds of the Pax Francia were sewn in the 1763 Treaty of London, where British overdevotion to their navy saw their army neglected and ripe for france to tear apart. Britain lost Newfoundland and the Ohio river valley as well as India and the Carolinas, with English...

So, I don't think I really need to explain this too much, but, just in case, I will. Historically, the five kingdoms of the British Isles (for those of you who think of Britain as a single entity, which it technically is, but it's an "Imperial Federation" divided into five "Kingdoms", each with...

I mean we all know just how bad the attempt went for the Germans. The invasion was defeated in mere days. What if Hitler had never attempted his plan?

After the death of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales in 1817 the sons of George III rushed to get married and produce an heir for Britain. Of course we all know the winner was the future William IV, who welcomed daughter Elizabeth in 1820. Elizabeth, known as the mother-in-law of Europe (both...

What happens if the English revolution doesn't happen? What changes? What does it look like? Personally I think this is a bit ASB. (OOC: this is my first DBWI)