Pro Fide, Lege et Rege
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth History 101
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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth History 101
Pro Fide, Lege et Rege (Latin for "For Faith, Law and King") - an 18th-century motto of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then of Poland. It superseded the earlier Si Deus Nobiscum quis contra nos (Latin for "If God is with us, then who is against us") and was featured on a variety of buildings, military decorations and equipment. Today the slogan is used as the title of the Polish scientific journal of the Institute of Genealogy.
INTRODUCTION
Hi everyone,
Some of you may know me from CK2 AAR This Is Madness - Story Of The Crumbling Europe, in which dying Christendom led by House Angelos and descendants of Saint Markos Isapostolos is struggling to survive against hordes of Aztecs, Mongols and heretics. Those of you I would like to assure that „Pro Fide, Lege et Rege” would not divert my attention from This is Madness 2, which will continue the story of the first part of the AAR in the world of Europa Universalis. Those of you who do not know me I would like to welcome and invite to join the journey both through the EU4 gameplay and fascinating history of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
This AAR will concentrate on two things. Firstly, I would play a 1444-1820 Ironman campaign as Poland and later Commonwealth, trying to become a great power, getting some achievements and leaving my mark on the fate of the world. With „Res Publica” and patch 1.7 both POL and PLC are much more interesting to play (I hope), so I guess the gameplay is going to be fun to read about on its own. Secondly, I'm going to use this occasion to explain and delve into some more interesting bits and pieces of the history and culture of the Commonwealth. I have to stress that though I'm a Pole and I've always been interested in history I'm not a historian, so please have this in mind while reading this AAR. My research will be based on Polish history textbooks and my general knowledge of history, so those of you who don't know Polish (that is, 99% of you) may find some information I'll present interesting – or biased – because what's available in English on the internet is rather limited.
Anyways, we'll see how this works; if you don't find this interesting, I'll just reverse to pure gameplay AAR. I think that's about it – below you can find some extra information about my plans and rules. Expect the first chapter to arrive soon after the patch and „Res Publica” are released. Have fun reading, folks!
Uniżony wasz sługa,
czokletmuss
RULES&PLANS
1. This is a gameplay AAR with some additional bits and pieces about history of the PLC.
2. EU4 1.7 Ironman on normal difficulty with Tooltip Font Mod (Ironman compatible)
3. No specific house rules or goals at the moment but I rather won't use cheese.
4. I'm not a native speaker so please tell me everytime I make a mistake so I may improve my English.
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BOOKMARKS
BOOKMARKS
PART I - BLOB CAMPAIGN (v.1.7)
- Chapter 1 (1444-1467): FROM VARNA TO DANZIG
- Chapter 2 (1467-1492): FROM DANZIG TO PSKOV
- Chapter 3 (1492-1518): FROM PSKOV TO LUBLIN
- Chapter 4 (1518-1524): COMMONWEALTH DIVIDED
- Chapter 5 (1524-1531): BLOODY PEASANTS
- Chapter 6 (1531-1553): MOSKVA AND FREE ELECTION
- Chapter 7 (1552-1570): TAMING THE BEAR
- Chapter 8 (1570-1585): SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL
- Chapter 9 (1585-1604): ONE KING TO RULE
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PART II - (A)HISTORICAL CAMPAIGN (v.1.12)
- coming soon
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