Favorite European Monarchs

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  1. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Well that is a horrible way at looking at things. Saying I don't like European monarchs because they didn't give two shits about science, is like me saying I hate the Roman Empire because they didn't give two shits about going to the moon.
    slydessertfox, Jun 17, 2012
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    Chill, he is role playing.
    D3adtrap, Jun 17, 2012
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    None of them were interested in testing our Portal technology, apparently getting 500,000 tons moon rock for testing isn't 'economically viable' whatever the hell that means!
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    Well, he tried to get rid of the absurdity of Catholicism.. and replaced it with somewhat more logical Calvinist ideals.
    Aleem Tariq, Jun 17, 2012
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    underline Tried, and no matter what faith they follow, Innocent people don't deserve banishment, imprisonment, or death just for being the faith that they are.
    GeorgykZhukov, Jun 17, 2012
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  6. Aleem Tariq Member

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    toucher... but I don't think he ever killed "innocent" people, to my expertise, Cromwell only massacred an Irish brigade when it did not surrender. Although, I do note the absurdity of my past comment and thank you for pointing it out : I must have not been thinking.
    Aleem Tariq, Jun 17, 2012
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    In England we spent a good 500 years killing either Protestants or Catholics, depending on which religion the monarch was at the time.
    Our monarch can still not be a Catholic.
    UtterlyImpeccable, Jun 17, 2012
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    Wow.500 Years of killing people over their religion.I knew the british were crazy in the old days,but I didn't expect some spanish inquisition >.> <.<
    ddbb089, Jun 17, 2012
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest_hole

    Although not quite the Spanish Inquisition, not many were killed. Although the catholics who tries to blow up the Houses of Parliment certainly were.
    Pretty cool stuff.
    UtterlyImpeccable, Jun 17, 2012
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    Shisno, Jun 17, 2012
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    Funny, I actually went to one of these houses recently as part of a module on the Tudors - even went in a 'priest hole'. I think the place was called Harvington Hall.
    Achtung Kommunisten!, Jun 17, 2012
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    Yarp, I've been there. It has like 8 of those priest holes. Pretty interesting.
    UtterlyImpeccable, Jun 17, 2012
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    As an english republican, I rather resent the accusation that Cromwell was a monarch. Just saying.
    Jingles, Jun 17, 2012
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    yep, he was no monarch, just a colossal douchebag.
    GeorgykZhukov, Jun 17, 2012
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    Bloody Dutch...
    Jingles, Jun 17, 2012
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    Dreagon, Jun 17, 2012
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    Fix'd
    Shisno, Jun 18, 2012
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    I don't know man Karl der Grosse seemed like a pretty big asshole to me.

    I also love soviet historians reflection on Ivan the terrible.
    Viking Socrates, Jun 18, 2012
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    I know, that's why he's at the top of my list.
    Dreagon, Jun 18, 2012
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