medieval

WI the Anglo-Saxons, and not the Norsemen, were the ones to settle and define Iceland? I'm trying to make a TL where this happens, and once William the Conqueror takes England, the Anglo-Saxon nobility books it for Iceland (by then already settled by Angles), where they establish a new...

So in this timeline, Aurelian survives the assassination attempt by some of his officers. Executing those responsible, he launches campaigns in Germania but is killed a year in by a plague. Aurelian is succeeded by Tacitus, who finished the wars of his predecessor but was killed in a battle...

If Justinian restored the Roman Empire by Reconquering the entire Mediterranean coast would there still be large scale hellenisation (assimilation into greek culture) in the Byzantine Empire like irl?

So what if this is what happened? All Europeans never converted to all Abrahamic religions. They ignored all Abrahamic religions and stayed pagan up to modern times. What are the things that will happen to Europe especially medieval Europe? What will the medieval Europeans and the modern...

Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke was sailing to Ireland to claim the Overlordship of the Kingdom of Leinster granted to him by his Majesty, Henry II. That Henry II did not own Leinster to portion out was irrelevant to Richard's mind. He intended to seize the Norse-Gaelic port towns of Dublin...

MAZDAK’S FLIGHT – A Sassanid TL Chapter One - The Prophet & The Kings “If those forces arrayed against it – the orthodox Zoroastrians, the rich Mobeds, and the aristocracy – had acted in unison, the one truth could have been suppressed. The Mazdakites might have been no more than a footnote...

In a lot of ways ”feudalism”, historically dubious the concept may be, seems to have been hugely damaging to the various Scandinavian kingdoms, and the fact that it was often introduced top-down made me wonder if it could, and should, have been avoided - from a state-building perspective. Now no...

Robert Steward was a grandson of king Robert the Bruce. Despite beign accepted as his heir presumptive in 1318, Robert had to wait for the crown for almost 42 years, after his grandfather had a son, David II of Scotland. David II ruled since 1329 to 1371, but he had no children, and Robert...

Everyone knows the Ancién Regime's French Kingdom as an, eventually, highly centralized kingdom, which shed nearly all of its fiefs and whose kings became the poster boys of absolutism and the divine right to rule. The neighbouring Holy Roman Empire, in the meantime, became a messy hodgepodge of...

Of course as this is completely different from our history it might be difficult, but does anyone have any unique ideas on what could happen in Germany if the Franks fail to conquer Gaul? Let's say Clovis fails to unite the Franks or something of that nature (not my area of expertise lol). Any...

Oh, what days! or A surviving House of Estridsen Three blue lions on a yellow field with hearts were originally the arms of the Estridsen dynasty, but as the ruling House of Denmark they became the arms of the Kingdom itself. The waters of the Øresund were full of ships, men, and the sounds...

As the title says, I'm looking for some information. First, Is anyone aware of population figures of Medieval Damascus or Aleppo? 800s to 1400s of any type would be quite helpful. Bonus points if there are figures for the suburbs (which I believe they had) outside. On a related second...

Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown: A Timeline of the Owain Glyndwr Uprising and its Consequences "Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude, And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king...

According to Matthew Paris, King John offered to convert to Islam to the Moroccan Sultan for an alliance against France. This likely didn’t happen, but what if it did? I expect he’d be overthrown quickly

I've again started to look to construct a scenario in which Haakon VI of Norway marries Elizabeth of Holstein instead of the future Margaret I of Denmark. I'm trying to research what other potential husband she could have. Margaret was born in 1353 for an age assessment. With a...

Alfonso IV of Portugal encouraged trade and exploration from 1325 to 1357. This led to the discovery of the Canary Islands (which Genoa already knew of), but Castile claim the islands as their’s. Assuming Alfonso IV was more passionate and aggressive in seafare exploration could this mean the...

I've been working on a map series for the last month or so. I was very inspired by @KillEmAll1989 's excellent Gothic Empire timeline, which I personally think is the best timeline ive read in a bit. Overall the main POD was originally a semi-surviving Carthaginian Empire, but I realized a...

During the Hundred Years’ War with England and France duking it out over France, is it possible that other nations like Aragon, Savoy, and Navarre can join in the fray to invade France? Would England find it acceptable seeing other nations invading France? Could they be England’s Allie’s or...

So just to understand what I'm talking about, here's a map: This map shows the lands of the Habsburgs, Luxembourgs, and Wittelsbachs during the 1273-1378 period. Is it possible for either one of the houses to inherit the other two's lands? Basically either the Habsburgs inherit the lands of the...

Could the Wars of the Roses, long as it was, be even longer and worse than it already was? How much longer can the York/Lancaster feud get and could even more third party actors like the De La Poles and the Tudors and even more take a bigger role? I was thinking of extending the three decade...