Scenarios about 'French monarchy'
The system of royal governance that ruled France from the establishment of the Frankish kingdom in the early Middle Ages until the French Revolution in 1792, with a brief restoration in the 19th century. The French monarchy evolved from Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties through the Capetians, Valois, and Bourbons, shaping European politics, culture, and the development of absolutism under rulers like Louis XIV. In alternate history scenarios, the survival or different evolution of the French monarchy frequently alters European power dynamics and colonial expansion.
What If Joan of Arc Was Never Captured?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Joan of Arc escaped capture at Compiègne in 1430, potentially altering the course of the Hundred Years' War and European history.