Tbf to the French that’s literally encroachment.
by OpportunityNice4857
Tbf to the French that’s literally encroachment.
by OpportunityNice4857
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The Gaul of them.
People also forget that England was always poised to strike France down because Charles diplomatic ventures in London did gave fruits. France was completely isolated, her economy was not as good as it was on paper (Francis I bought the Eastern Roman Emperor title from Constantine Paleologos (his father Andrea already sold it to every european monarchy, btw, historians debates if he wanted just the money or to pull up as much chaos as possible with these moves) in Rome, tried to corrupt German electors with tons of silver, only to be clowned by the Diet when he presented his claim of strenght as Eastern Roman Emperor, then Charles was elected.
The entire western european sphere was against France. Francis used desperate methods because Charles was really on the cusp of re-establishing the Western Roman Empire for real, and France was there for pickings.
Well, at this time, dont forget that france was involved in some imperialist wars in italy too.
France / Hasburgs rivalries were more about competition between 2 empires than just hasburgs seeking to destroy France.
“Every false accusation is a confession” type of meme
They were so isolated that they ended up signing an alliance with the ottoman.
Poor Charles, truly the victim of geography. How dare France exist right in the middle of his empire?
Did he really tweet that
France: “Our armies are merely passing through.”
And yet, after years of war, France is still there while the Habsburgs are not
Why didn’t Charles take territory from France after capturing Francis?
Yet France defeated habsburgs