After watching this video of a theory regarding the outcome of the divisions of Charlemagne's empire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ1jkjfRKJM
and a topic that was brought up in a recent In Our Time podcast about the Congress of Vienna made think about how the Low countries have been a scene of conflict in Europe for centuries
Examples:
- Eighty Years War
-All of the SUn King's Wars
- Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (According to the podcast the Kingdom of Holland was created as buffer to contain the power of France)
-Both world wars
There probably plenty of others I haven't mentioned but it does seem interesting that this part of Europe should see so much conflict.
A scene of rivalry between the Holy Roman Empire and France perhaps. While its quite a broad topic does anyone have any opinions regarding this?