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Spectre of Converging Ambitions
The locations and historical environments relevant to Spectre of Converging Ambitions, drawn from the master series atlas.
The Byzantine Empire
Alexios I Komnenos rules an empire recovering from military crisis, surrounded by rivals and attempting to restore Roman authority from Constantinople.
The central political world of Book IOpen record ↗Imperial Capital / c. 109502Constantinople
The capital of Alexios I Komnenos: a city of palace intrigue, Orthodox authority, immense wealth and defensive power before the First Crusade reaches its gates.
Constantinople at the opening of Book IOpen record ↗Latin Christendom / c. 109503Catholic Europe
A fractured world of kingdoms, nobles, bishops and reforming papal authority from which the First Crusade will emerge.
The western political horizon of Book IOpen record ↗Courts & Caliphates / c. 109504The Islamic World
Seljuk powers, Fatimid Egypt and competing cities and dynasties shape the eastern world beyond the Byzantine frontier.
The wider eastern setting of Book IOpen record ↗France / 109505Clermont
The city of Pope Urban II’s council and call to crusade, where a gathering in France alters the direction of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.
A principal location in Book IOpen record ↗Papal Rome / c. 109506The Vatican — Rome
The papal world of medieval Rome, centered on Old St. Peter’s centuries before the modern basilica and Vatican City.
The Latin Church at the opening of Book IOpen record ↗