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Exactly. The typical example of weak central authority and strong local rule is the Holy Roman Empire (famously described by Voltaire as "This agglomeration whi
by sspiff 13y ago
Exactly. The typical example of weak central authority and strong local rule is the Holy Roman Empire (famously described by Voltaire as "This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."), yet this is presented as a single monolithic monster of a nation in this time lapse.
And as a person who has sunken more time than he cares to admit into Crusader Kings II (and Europa Universalis IV), I can only add more praise to the level of detail crammed into Crusader Kings II. It really is unlike any other strategy game in its historic accuracy, at least when you consider the late dark ages, and the drama involved with being a ruler of a feudal dynasty is great fun.
- m_myers 13y agoIf you went back to 1400 and asked someone in, say, Lwow what country they were in, I guarantee 0% would tell you "Poland-Lithuania". Sure, Poland and Lithuania were both ruled by Wladyslaw Jagiello (pardon my spelling and/or lack of diacritics), but no one would have claimed they were the same entity.
- sspiff 13y agoPersonal unions were not considered to be the same entity unless one was eventually absorbed into the other (like with Castille and Aragon becoming Spain). They didn't even have the same governments, and laws and citizenship were distinct between partners in a union. The only thing they had in common was the head of state. So yes, labelling them as a single country does seem wrong.