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  1. Circle of Willis

    WI: The Frondeurs defeat Louis XIV

    A Puritan rising in Massachusetts that gets crushed by Royalist forces from Virginia and England proper is likely, according to the discussion from the previous thread. In general America will probably not become independent, much less the pillar of constitutional republicanism & liberal...
  2. Circle of Willis

    WI: The Frondeurs defeat Louis XIV

    Yes - IIRC the possibility of a Habsburg reunification under Charles VI (the Habsburg that was originally supposed to inherit Spain if the Grand Alliance had beaten Louis XIV) following the death of his brother, the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I, was one of the factors pushing the other Allies...
  3. Circle of Willis

    WI: The Frondeurs defeat Louis XIV

    Interesting. I agree that a late 17th/early-to-mid-18th century without France being top dog on the continent would be radically different. At the very least, Louis seems to have spent many years and much resources grinding away at the Habsburg possessions around France until the War of the...
  4. Circle of Willis

    WI: The Frondeurs defeat Louis XIV

    France was plunged into a number of civil wars, collectively called 'La Fronde' after the slings used by Parisian rebels, immediately after its victory in the Thirty Years' War. To keep a long and complicated story short, basically the rebel 'frondeurs' opposed the French Crown's efforts to jack...
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