The Auld Alliance does not seem to have lasted for long.
Well its been going since 1295, not too shabby. I'll dwell on James III a little in a coming post but he's a
singular personality so I wouldn't count out a Franco-Scottish reconcilliation somewhere down the line.
This is excellent. Look forward to seeing where you take the Yorkist monarchy as we get further from Bosworth.
I'm glad you're enjoying. There's a few particulars that will diverge from the Tudor regime certainly but I have to admit this era is not my strong point - part of the reason I thought it would be interesting to play with and read more on for the AAR. Ultimately I am beholden to the winds of EU4.
As am I. This should be most interesting.
Thank you. Here's hoping!
No forceful, strong and overpowering tudors. Interesting, especially into the renaissance and reformation.
Ooo...France I suspect in a pretty amazing position. The Burgundian empire gone, Brittany theirs, and England not their enemy.
Pretty good for England too, I guess. Now they can kick around Scotland to their hearts content. And Ireland too. Oh well.
True but that doesn't mean there won't be forceful, strong and overpowering kings of York! I'm very excited to write up on the renaissance and reformation, the personal motivations and tastes of the Tudors obviously had a massive impact, so having a whole new (well... different) dynasty to deal with these crises has been interesting.
France is certainly strong. Had I done the 1444 start, I would have probably attempted to ally Burgundy and Brittany to 'contain' her. At the 1485 start however, England is too weak compartively to do much more than lose Calais and hold the Channel, even with Breton support. France has little to gain from war either. Better for now to talk peace and let Charles VIII turn his attentions to the Habsburgs and Italy...
Scotland and Ireland will be looked at a little more in the chapter after next.
Seeing TBC's post reminded me that I should probably let you know,
@Great Mantis, that I've nominated this AAR for the highly prized Weekly AAR Showcase. Head over to
the award thread in the AARland general discussion to take a look at the good wishes!
All you have to do as our awardee for the week is pick a new winner on Sunday to keep the award moving. Other than that, enjoy your time in the spotlight – and congratulations!
Wow thank you so much! I'll be sure to weigh up the many great AARs going on right now before picking a new showcase.
This is good writing. It'll be interesting to see what the Yorks do with England in this alternate universe. France seems to be going strong too. I hope they and others give you some good opposition.
Thank you. There will be parallels and differences, I hope they entertain. Europe will have a bevy a serious major powers to vex the House of York, France certainly amongst them.
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Thanks guys, glad you're enjoying the show! Due to work and other distractions I'm only halfway through the next chapter, I hope to get it up by the weekend, hopefully sooner. And thanks again to
@DensleyBlair for deeming this budding little AAR fit with the weekly showcase. Hope I can live up to the hype.