Sunday, 10 April 2016

The Ottonians

Its complicated ... the beginning of the holy roman empire ... a lot is only known by descriptive of "holy" ceremonies where the duke/king/emperor had to confirm his reign via christian ceremonial festivities with the other dukes/leaders. The king and his reign was just the opposite of saecular and was expected to behave like that and to forgive regretful enemies, apart from that, the dukes, just like in any other part of the decomposing Carolingian empire, were constantly plotting against each other. A little less than in France, here the King was also thriving to be Emperor and bound to "disappear" for a couple of years over the alps for Italy – plenty of time to prepare rebellions. And not to forget the Danes, and the Magyars ...

 ....  hmm.












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  1. Bartek Zynda11 April 2016 at 00:18

    Great stuff Michael. I got those Perrys crossbows as well, however yours are much more nobel than mine.

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    1. Michael11 April 2016 at 07:31

      Thanks, though I doubt that they will perform like that. :)

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  2. matheo15 April 2016 at 22:56

    Also, do not forget those blasted Slavs, freshly christianized and carving out their own kingdoms just beyond the river...

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    1. Michael15 April 2016 at 23:29

      Hi Matheo! Of course not, there is a lot of stuff for a campaign between the elbe and the oder and even the magyars used it as a fallback area. Or the Great Saxon revolt ... there‘s a lot out there to game, I just got my teeth into some books. :)

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