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Then, the Lascarids have both Rhodes and Crete to resupply, and the Genoese don't even have Chios. I don't see that many infantry with the bulk of Lascarid forces in Macedonia, perhaps half that, mostly, and so many ships would be overkill given the Venetians and the Hospitalers are out and the...

After Rhodes falls, while Alexandros P. is in Macedonia, nothing prevents Buas and Kallergis from finishing off the job by invading Cyprus, in lieu of the OTL Genoese invasion of 1373.

You mean the barons and the magna carta ?

The alliance of the monarchy and the merchant classes... Hmm, sounds awfully like England in the 17th-19th centuries. Rule Sicilia, Sicilia rules the waves.... What a fine little tune in my ear.

What's the Lascarids' attitude towards the Fraticelli in their empire? And how do they interact with the Basilian clergy ?

Until they are not. Unless Venice pulls another ace from up it's sleeve, by the time Maritsa happens, the Lascarids would have taken Candia and recaptured Rhodes. And while they have dealt with Epirus, I read about raids on Thessaloniki by the Serbs, raids that have not yet been answered openly...

With Maritsa not far, I wonder if the Lascarids will be able to take on the opportunity to expand a bit into Macedonia. Within the cadre of TTL War of St Titus, they have already captured most of Epirus from the Serbs, right? @Lascaris, did they make any advance north of Thessaly, to link up...

Here's a map of Balkans at the eve of the battle of Maritsa, from wiki commons :

Which is one of the key reasons of the Western Schism. That said, England and France were already at each other's throats, fighting an existential war, so it made little difference. The Lascarids however? Puppetizing Rome is a very good way to unite otherwise divided enemies and having to fight...

The emperors lost, but the popes did not quite win. This "quarrel" between the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperors went beyond the simple question of investitures, and did not consecrate the Pope's absolute victory. If anything, the trend through 13th and 14th centuries is that of reinforcement of...

How would that be different from the current, 14th century, practices? Appointing your own bishops was I believe already a more or less informal practice, which was piece and center of the investiture controversy. As for Gallican church? Perhaps you meant Anglican. Gallican church was, I...

Next stops for the Lascarid empire : Candia, Rhodes, Cyprus...

If the Lascarids are a threat to Rome, I doubt the papacy would definitely move back from Avignon. If they become one in the future, chances are that the Pope will simply move back to Avignon. What's interesting is how this is going to impact the western schism.

Chances are that the British will snatch Suez from the French in the conclusion of the CEW. They are unlikely to tolerate the Ottomans beating them to it, or Germans and Italians less likely. On the other hand, the Nicaragua canal is American-German owned and controlled. The British would have...

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