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Didn't stop them from making V's Napoleon entirely culture-based.
Maybe but it's still weird considering that Napoleon is most famous for being a great general that conquered all of Europe.
Didn't stop them from making V's Napoleon entirely culture-based.
Something like that. Just a small hint would be enoughSomething like what? A teaser?
Many historians are revising their opinion of Mary Tudor, though I suspect her pop culture legacy as "Bloody Mary" is fixed for the foreseeable future. As for Elizabeth, most leaders who are household names did bad things: unless what they did was egregious by the standards of their own time (which is hardly true of Elizabeth--religious persecution was, unfortunately, the norm in 16th century Europe), their legacy is more likely to be based on their accomplishments, especially if they're as charismatic as Elizabeth.Elizebeth I still gets away with a lot. Everybody remembers Elizebeth as this saintly ruler but Catholics were treat terribly under her rule. I know that Protestants were also treat cruelly under Mary I but that is all that 'Bloody Mary' is known for.
I'd say there's about a 50% chance we get something official next week that turns out to be related to the expansion, mostly likely a teaser on Tuesday or Wednesday.What is the chance of receiving something next tuesday (20th November)?
It would be a great birthday present
NB that what makes Mary Tudor stand out isn't religious persecution: it's persecution of Protestants in a Protestant country by a Catholic monarch, though even then she was regarded favorably by her subjects before her engagement to Philip II of Spain, which many English saw as betrayal. So I wouldn't say Elizabeth gets away with "a lot"--she didn't do any differently than virtually any other monarch in Europe was doing at the time. That doesn't make it right, but it does make it difficult to judge her for it.
I'd say there's about a 50% chance we get something official next week that turns out to be related to the expansion, mostly likely a teaser on Tuesday or Wednesday.
I would have complained. Napoleon is boring.
As a general definitely, but as a ruler he conquered it - and then lost it again (and lost lands conquered prior to him, and lost/sold near all of France's colonial holdings and basically bankrupted it and arguably ended its dominance as a result). His long term impact was much more cultural - i.e. law, school systems, metric code, all the 'stolen' Egyptian artifacts in Paris etc..Maybe but it's still weird considering that Napoleon is most famous for being a great general that conquered all of Europe.
Less than a hundred years after Martin Luther, that's the only kind of Protestant nation there was.A recently converted Protestant country
And the same was true of Protestants forced to recant in France and Spain. We can play the blame game or we can accept that Protestants and Catholics both did horrible things to each other. I'm Protestant, but I hold no animosity towards Catholics. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation were 500 years ago; being bitter about them now doesn't help anyone.a lot were also forced to convert through fear and intimidation.
True, but marrying a very Catholic monarch while persecuting Protestants in England was not exactly politic...And English monarchs marrying into French or Spanish Monarchs was nothing new they had always done that.
I don't think anyone thinks any Tudor is saintly.I'm aware that I know nowhere near as much about history than you do but I just wanted to say that Elizabeth I wasn't as saintly and admirable as people think she was.
I've come to like CdM's in-game persona: she's sinister and charming all at once. I wouldn't have picked her, but I've come to like her. But yes, I'd gladly pay for Louis XIV, Philippe Auguste, Francis I, or another French monarch--though I'd place France's priority below England or Egypt.You complained about Catherine de Medici being leader of France so that is entirely moot. Still have your wallet open for Louis XIV?
This is the reason why I appreciate her more after reading that book. It still doesn't make me wish for Louis XIV even less though, as he would have been my first pick.As a side note, after reading Ken Follet's A Column of Fire I'm actually really hype that Catherine de' Medici is in the game. She was quite badass, just not well known.
And the same was true of Protestants forced to recant in France and Spain. We can play the blame game or we can accept that Protestants and Catholics both did horrible things to each other. I'm Protestant, but I hold no animosity towards Catholics. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation were 500 years ago; being bitter about them now doesn't help anyone.
I've come to like CdM's in-game persona: she's sinister and charming all at once. I wouldn't have picked her, but I've come to like her. But yes, I'd gladly pay for Louis XIV, Philippe Auguste, Francis I, or another French monarch--though I'd place France's priority below England or Egypt.
Oh, I'm certainly not. I know a lot of Protestants who hate Catholics and I know a lot of Catholics who hate Protestants. It makes me sad: I love my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ. I'm just saying that 500 years later it's time to forgive the wrongs we did to each other and move on as the Body and Bride of Christ.And there is still to this day anti Catholic sentiment in Britain so you can't dismiss the legacy of the reformation entirely.
Pillars of the Earth has had a mile-long wait list at my local library for like two years.This is the reason why I appreciate her more after reading that book.
I've already proposed the way to make Atahualpa interesting: show him brandishing his brother's gilt skull.Firaxis will find a way to make Roxelana and Atahualpa interesting
Forgiveness is a true Christian quality.Oh, I'm certainly not. I know a lot of Protestants who hate Catholics and I know a lot of Catholics who hate Protestants. It makes me sad: I love my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ. I'm just saying that 500 years later it's time to forgive the wrongs we did to each other and move on as the Body and Bride of Christ.
Somehow I doubt that will happen.I've already proposed the way to make Atahualpa interesting: show him brandishing his brother's gilt skull.
Like I said in my first post: there goes the ESRB E10+ rating.Somehow I doubt that will happen.
Oh, I'm certainly not. I know a lot of Protestants who hate Catholics and I know a lot of Catholics who hate Protestants. It makes me sad: I love my Catholic brothers and sisters in Christ. I'm just saying that 500 years later it's time to forgive the wrongs we did to each other and move on as the Body and Bride of Christ.
The first teaser for R&F dropped the day before Thanksgiving last year.My optimism is a bit dimmed for this possibility due to it being Thanksgiving week.
The first teaser for R&F dropped the day before Thanksgiving last year.
Eagle Pursuit may be our Prophet, but I'm nominating @Laurana Kanan our Official Historian, the Keeper of Records!
The first teaser for R&F dropped the day before Thanksgiving last year.
I totally said that last week when @WillowBrook asked.