ReRouted By History

The Iron Trap at Bouvines: When Otto IV Won and the Habsburg Patience Paid Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

“The Black Coronation: Cold inside Aachen cathedral was the kind that came from crisp feeling of change that gnawes to the bone. Gold mosaics glinted in the flickering light of torches, but cast no warmth. Smoke curled from the censers in coiled, unreadable symbols… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

What if the lilies fell and the lions feasted? This is the world where the Empire held—and the dynasty of order awaited its hour. Stay tuned tonight for. Rerouted Battle of The Bouvines where Otto outwits France and changes the face of Europe.

Alert - The Silence Subsidized: How MAGA Gutted Public Broadcasting to Fund Propaganda With Your Taxes The shutdown didn’t come with sirens.

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The Books Beneath The Ashes: When Baghdad Flooded Its Flank to Save the Mind of Islam Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

“All they had were forty-seven minutes. Forty-seven minutes before the Mongol vanguard reached the river wall. Forty-seven minutes before the scrolls of Euclid, Galen, Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina—and a thousand unnamed voices—were reduced to ash and oblivion.. open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

Let’s get those “Digital Duomos” up and running!

The Mandate of Matilda: No Peace For Pretenders Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

“In 1139, Matilda crossed the Channel with clear-eyed purpose. The ships that landed at Arundel carried a ruler returning. This was no fugitive. Her sails bore no insignia of exile. They bore black cloth and crowned wolves, glinting with iron threads and sunlight… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

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Up next tomorrow: She crossed with a banner, not a plea. Only the will of a woman who never yielded. Normandy was hers. England followed. open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

When Byzantium Forged Its Last Alliance — A Triple Bloodline Sent Eagles in Flight & Seas Swore Fealty Whose Dynasty Is It Anyway? A Series Of Little Known Inheritance Conflicts. War of Spanish Succession? Heard it. War of Austrian Succession? So done. How about…

“Smoke rose from incense cauldrons. Smoldering with the new air of mandate. The banners of the Komnenoi, the Palaiologoi, and the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond unfurled above the marble throne of Constantinople. And a banner—newly stitched—a declaration of dominance… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

Stay tuned tomorrow in Weekend Remix for the newest edition of: Whose Dynasty Is It Anyway? Any guesses on the three bloodlines that could have joined in one last gasp of Byzantine glory?

The Twice-Blessed City: When Artemis Guarded the Virgin and Ephesus Became the Mother See Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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The Twice-Blessed City: When Artemis Guarded the Virgin and Ephesus Became the Mother See Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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The Twice-Blessed City: When Artemis Guarded the Virgin and Ephesus Became the Mother See Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

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The Twice-Blessed City: When Artemis Guarded the Virgin and Ephesus Became the Mother See Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

“Firelight danced on marble lions of Ephesus. Smoke curled beneath cedar rafters gilded with gold. Beneath the forty-foot statue of Artemis—unburned, unbroken, unveiled—hundreds of bishops, scribes, midwives, and mystics stood locked in silence. Then came the voice… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

The Doge’s Gamble: When Venice Sank the French Fleet and Seized the Peace Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

“Venice understood the moment. France, for all its flamboyance, was a land power. Italy was a sea-borne prize. And the sea now spoke Italian. The French had misread the map. Venice had memorized it. This would ultimately complicate the matter of Italian unification… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

From Sack to Sacrament: The Last Valois, The Italian Solution, and The First Imperium Because history doesn’t repeat itself—it remixes.

“As we celebrated La Fête Nationale, The National Day of The French Republic, it might not have been so 500 years ago. In 1525, Francis I, King of France, charged into legend—and disaster—outside the Italian city of Pavia, the situation could have been far graver… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

What king’s climactic demise could have changed the course of not just Continental Europe, but centuries of history? Stay tuned for: “From Sack to Sacrament: The Last Valois, The Italian Solution, and The First Imperium”

Sails of the Savior-King Upon a Salted Throne: Peter I and the Maritime Cross What if Peter I of Cyprus survived his assassination in 1369 and forged a crusader naval empire from Famagusta?

“In our rerouted, King Peter I Lusignan did not fall beneath daggers of Cypriot courtiers knights in the night. He did not bleed out on a marble floor while traitorous whispers echoed through Famagusta’s palace. He rose instead with sword in hand and flame in heart… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

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Cyprus’ King Peter I (1328 – 1369) of House Lusignan is never assassinated by three of his treacherous knights. Find out how this reroutes history tomorrow! open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

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Weekend Remix: Catch Up On The Counterfactual - 12th of July Your weekend read, re-forged in the fires of historical speculation. Missed the drama? Let the remix reveal the rest.

Need to polish up on those historical potentials? Here are some for the weekend to catch you up on the counterfactual!
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The Sea of the Elect and the Chained River: When Ethiopia Took the Red Sea and Withheld the Nile Because history doesn't repeat itself—it remixes.

“They said the Nile could not be tamed. That it obeyed no flag, no faith, no king. But in 1563, it slowed. Not dried. Not dammed. But stifled—like a prophet’s breath caught in a moment of revelation. In Cairo, date palms wilted. In the Red Sea, a new banner flew… open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

We’ve been working on this one for a while now. What’s the most plausible way for Kyiv to be the real center of Eastern Europe and for Russia never to rise at all? Make sure to subscribe to our Whose Dynasty Is It Anyway? Substack section for a rerouted Kyivan Succession Crisis (1015–1019)!

The Apostate Prince and the Jesuit Shah: When Persia Flirted with Christendom Because history doesn't repeat itself—it remixes.

“A baptism that split a dynasty. A brother who turned to the West while guarding the East. Of galleons docked beside minarets. Of Jesuits whispering psalms through Persian latticework. Of a moment—brief, bright, nearly believable—when Persia flirted with Christendom open.substack.com/pub/rerouted...

Up next! A Crown, A Cross, A Qur’an:

He died with both books at his side. But while he lived, the Apostate Shah dared to unite them. Here’s the alternate history of the prince who might have turned Persia and Rome toward each other instead of apart.

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