Welcome one and all to Annuntio Vobis: A Papal History of Italy!
This is my second AAR and once again I am returning to Victoria 2. However, unlike last time, I will be using the historybook approach only as a framing device for a series of diary entries by cardinals and popes. I hope you will enjoy this change of pace and will be on the edge of your seats at each conclave, rooting for your candidate.
The AAR is going to be relatively light on images especially at the beginning but do not fear, maps will be present!
In practical details, I played with AHD enabled and a lightly modded version of HFM for a more interesting Risorgimento and tried my best to roleplay the priorities and interests of different popes over optimal strategies.
Finally a disclaimer, I will be writing as several figures from a bygone age and the views expressed below are not my own but those of the characters. And, as we all know, Victorian attitudes towards most things are the real villain of the story.
Without further ado, please enjoy!
This is my second AAR and once again I am returning to Victoria 2. However, unlike last time, I will be using the historybook approach only as a framing device for a series of diary entries by cardinals and popes. I hope you will enjoy this change of pace and will be on the edge of your seats at each conclave, rooting for your candidate.
The AAR is going to be relatively light on images especially at the beginning but do not fear, maps will be present!
In practical details, I played with AHD enabled and a lightly modded version of HFM for a more interesting Risorgimento and tried my best to roleplay the priorities and interests of different popes over optimal strategies.
Finally a disclaimer, I will be writing as several figures from a bygone age and the views expressed below are not my own but those of the characters. And, as we all know, Victorian attitudes towards most things are the real villain of the story.
Without further ado, please enjoy!
Pope Gregory XVI: born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari in 1765, created cardinal in 1826, elected pope in 1831 Chapter I
Pope Urban IX: born Vincenzo Macchi in 1770, created cardinal in 1826, elected pope in 1846 Chapter II, Chapter VIII
Pope Innocent XIV: born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti in 1792, created cardinal in 1840, elected pope in 1851 Chapter III, Chapter XI, Chapter XIII
Cardinal Luigi Lambruschini: born 1776, created cardinal 1831 Chapter IV, Chapter VII
Pope Callixtus IV: born Libero Cappellini in 1800, created cardinal 1841, elected pope in 1861 Chapter V, Chapter X, Chapter XVII, Chapter XXV
Cardinal Amato Aloisi: born 1777, created cardinal 1847 Chapter IX, Chapter XVI
Cardinal Annibale Lisi: born 1804, created cardinal 1852 Chapter XIV, Chapter XXII
Cardinal Diomede Cangiano: born 1789, created cardinal 1852 Chapter XV, Chapter XX, Chapter XXIV
Cardinal Giulio Felicetti: born 1818, created cardinal 1861 Chapter XIX
Cardinal Patrizio Formica: born 1802, created cardinal 1861 Chapter XXI, Chapter XXIII
Pope Urban IX: born Vincenzo Macchi in 1770, created cardinal in 1826, elected pope in 1846 Chapter II, Chapter VIII
Pope Innocent XIV: born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti in 1792, created cardinal in 1840, elected pope in 1851 Chapter III, Chapter XI, Chapter XIII
Cardinal Luigi Lambruschini: born 1776, created cardinal 1831 Chapter IV, Chapter VII
Pope Callixtus IV: born Libero Cappellini in 1800, created cardinal 1841, elected pope in 1861 Chapter V, Chapter X, Chapter XVII, Chapter XXV
Cardinal Amato Aloisi: born 1777, created cardinal 1847 Chapter IX, Chapter XVI
Cardinal Annibale Lisi: born 1804, created cardinal 1852 Chapter XIV, Chapter XXII
Cardinal Diomede Cangiano: born 1789, created cardinal 1852 Chapter XV, Chapter XX, Chapter XXIV
Cardinal Giulio Felicetti: born 1818, created cardinal 1861 Chapter XIX
Cardinal Patrizio Formica: born 1802, created cardinal 1861 Chapter XXI, Chapter XXIII
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