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european history m.a., askhistorians flair, occasional freelance writer, dweeb, 31
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european history m.a., askhistorians flair, occasional freelance writer, dweeb, 31
he/him/they
PFP by mull/mudnblood
How much representativ government is there? Are lots of towns self governing? Is there anything like a parliament?
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
How much representativ government is there? Are lots of towns self governing? Is there anything like a parliament?
It mostly doesn’t matter how big of an army Napoleon uses: when he’s badly outnumbered, beit 30:70k (Laon), 66:80k (Aspern), 75:120k (Waterloo), or 180:300k (Leipzig), he loses (dresden excepted). Meanwhile the Ulm and Ratisbon campaigns show him handling huge (wagram size) armies with aplomb
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It mostly doesn’t matter how big of an army Napoleon uses: when he’s badly outnumbered, beit 30:70k (Laon), 66:80k (Aspern), 75:120k (Waterloo), or 180:300k (Leipzig), he loses (dresden excepted). Meanwhile the Ulm and Ratisbon campaigns show him handling huge (wagram size) armies with aplomb
It wasn’t that your army was too big to maneuver, it was that the enemy army was too big for a small army to isolate and overwhelm a significant portion of it before the rest arrived to pulverize you
Once the allies adopted combined arms divisions/corps + skirmishers and masses, attrition ensues
Once the allies adopted combined arms divisions/corps + skirmishers and masses, attrition ensues
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
It wasn’t that your army was too big to maneuver, it was that the enemy army was too big for a small army to isolate and overwhelm a significant portion of it before the rest arrived to pulverize you
Once the allies adopted combined arms divisions/corps + skirmishers and masses, attrition ensues
Once the allies adopted combined arms divisions/corps + skirmishers and masses, attrition ensues
At least in the former case, I think it’s much more that Napoleon’s enemies just adopted his playbook and developed more resilient armies ; it didn’t matter if you eg pulled off a daring flank maneuver if the enemy still had multiple reserve corps to block and then cut off your flanking column
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
At least in the former case, I think it’s much more that Napoleon’s enemies just adopted his playbook and developed more resilient armies ; it didn’t matter if you eg pulled off a daring flank maneuver if the enemy still had multiple reserve corps to block and then cut off your flanking column
People need to open their minds to Indigenous Gascon Ways Of Knowing
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
People need to open their minds to Indigenous Gascon Ways Of Knowing
I think this is discounting the instances of chariot riders conquering peoples without them, such as the steppe conquests of, well, much of Eurasia
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I think this is discounting the instances of chariot riders conquering peoples without them, such as the steppe conquests of, well, much of Eurasia
Javelins and stones can pack quite a wallop, especially when hurled from a chariot bearing down on you
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Javelins and stones can pack quite a wallop, especially when hurled from a chariot bearing down on you
I think the chariot was too successful for too long (like a thousand years) in too many places with different environments (Britain, Greece, ANE, steppes, India, china) in a couple different roles to be a real hothouse flower
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I think the chariot was too successful for too long (like a thousand years) in too many places with different environments (Britain, Greece, ANE, steppes, India, china) in a couple different roles to be a real hothouse flower
>4e defender complaining about hp bloat
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
>4e defender complaining about hp bloat
So valid bestie
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So valid bestie
~15k/4/365 comes out to like 11$ per person per day, which is probably on the high side [most of my meals come to like 2$/serving] but not insane
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
~15k/4/365 comes out to like 11$ per person per day, which is probably on the high side [most of my meals come to like 2$/serving] but not insane
No, but she dI’d have many of Robert’s bastar children murdered at the start of the war
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
No, but she dI’d have many of Robert’s bastar children murdered at the start of the war
Steelmanning, Trump will look bad refusing to do it, or will say something outrageous because he’s a melted brain geriatric who’s sweating the Epstein stuff hard
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Steelmanning, Trump will look bad refusing to do it, or will say something outrageous because he’s a melted brain geriatric who’s sweating the Epstein stuff hard
took me a second to retrace my steps, but Ault in Open Field Farming in Medieval England, has this to say:
also the gies in Medieval Village have a line that even within a single noble's estate the size of an acre would vary, which they cite to raftis, estates of ramsay abbey
also the gies in Medieval Village have a line that even within a single noble's estate the size of an acre would vary, which they cite to raftis, estates of ramsay abbey
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
took me a second to retrace my steps, but Ault in Open Field Farming in Medieval England, has this to say:
also the gies in Medieval Village have a line that even within a single noble's estate the size of an acre would vary, which they cite to raftis, estates of ramsay abbey
also the gies in Medieval Village have a line that even within a single noble's estate the size of an acre would vary, which they cite to raftis, estates of ramsay abbey
One thing that tripped me up is that the Medieval English acre was afaik significantly smaller than the modern one used to express eg classical farm sizes, making the difference appear much more extreme
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
One thing that tripped me up is that the Medieval English acre was afaik significantly smaller than the modern one used to express eg classical farm sizes, making the difference appear much more extreme
Battle of Lechfeld , where Otto the Great smoked the hungarians
election of hugh capet to the french throne, beginning the dynasty that would rule nearly a thousand years
election of hugh capet to the french throne, beginning the dynasty that would rule nearly a thousand years
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Battle of Lechfeld , where Otto the Great smoked the hungarians
election of hugh capet to the french throne, beginning the dynasty that would rule nearly a thousand years
election of hugh capet to the french throne, beginning the dynasty that would rule nearly a thousand years
i blame the bone-stealing witch
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
i blame the bone-stealing witch
people are convinced their votes don’t matter; the bigger this shitshow is and the more thoroughly it’s identified with the gop, the stronger the backlash to them will be, and then we’ll be able to legislate without the filibuster in the way
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
people are convinced their votes don’t matter; the bigger this shitshow is and the more thoroughly it’s identified with the gop, the stronger the backlash to them will be, and then we’ll be able to legislate without the filibuster in the way
The time to prevent republicans from republican-ing was in November 24; ever since they got their majority, the filibuster only exists as long as they want it to. Dems don’t get credit for restraining republicans, so might as well let the electorate feel the stove
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The time to prevent republicans from republican-ing was in November 24; ever since they got their majority, the filibuster only exists as long as they want it to. Dems don’t get credit for restraining republicans, so might as well let the electorate feel the stove
Force them to nuke the filibuster to make it happen so no democrat has to sully their hands with the ensuing shitshow
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Force them to nuke the filibuster to make it happen so no democrat has to sully their hands with the ensuing shitshow