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===Early history=== | ===Early history=== | ||
===Slavic Silver Age=== | ===Slavic Silver Age=== | ||
Volonia was home to a period of Slavic political and cultural resurgence against the advancing | Volonia was home to a period of Slavic political and cultural resurgence that arose against the advancing Caphiric [[Imperium_of_Caphiria#The_First_Imperium|First Imperium]] during the 5th and 6th centuries known as the Slavic Silver Age. During this period, Volonia was home to four major Slavic kingdoms, the names of which exist to this day as four of the five tribunates of the nation. The names of these kingdoms were as follows: the [[Kingdom of Costesti]], the [[Kingdom of Titu]], the [[Kingdom of Bradu]], and the [[Kingdom of Mizil]]. It was during this age that these four kingdoms would reach their cultural peak as many works of early Slavic art and poetry were created during this time. | ||
===Conquest by Caphiria=== | ===Conquest by Caphiria=== | ||
The Slavic Silver Age came to an end with the conquest of the four Slavic kingdoms by the Caphiric [[Imperium_of_Caphiria#The_Second_Imperium|Second Imperium]] in the 10th Century. To consolidate these Slavic lands, the Imperium made certain prominent families foederati subjects (meaning vassals) of the Imperator in exchange for the responsibilities of holding public offices in the newly-conquered lands. Among these Slavic foederati was a man by the name of [[Odobric]] who subsequently married into the imperial family and became the first governor of the newly-established [[Truřov Province]], establishing one of the most prominent of Caphiro-Slavic dynasties in Caphiric history. | |||
===Caphiric Dark Age=== | ===Caphiric Dark Age=== | ||
The [[Great Civil War (Caphiria)|Great Civil War]], which began in 1127, was the culmination of over a century of constant instability within the Second Imperium. The forty-five-year long conflict was rife with multiple usurpations per year, constant insurrections from the military, and conflicts within the frontier provinces. The civil war would not end until the collapse of the Second Imperium in 1172, leaving Caphiria open to multiple attacks from barbarian armies in the frontiers in an era known as the [[Dark Period (Caphiria)|Caphiric Dark Period]]. The Truřov Province was quickly transformed into a principality under the rule of Odobric's descendants, a Caphiro-Slavic dynasty known as the [[Odobricci dynasty|Odobricci]] or even the "''Truřovids''", and soon got to work on setting up a new hegemony, taking in both former Caphiric cities in what is now modern-day Volonia as well as neighboring Slavic principalities as client states. | |||
====Truřovid conquests==== | ====Truřovid conquests==== | ||
By the end of the 12th Century, the [[Principality of Truřov]] was among the most prominent of realms in what would become Volonia during the medieval period, having consolidated its power in the past thirty years since the beginning of the Dark Period. In [[1203]], the Truřovids waged a major campaign of domination of the modern Caphiric south, including the modern provinces of [[Ranaella]] and [[Isuriana]] which would last until 1215. Although these regions had been never closely integrated into the Second Imperium, the Truřovid control from the southern coast through the central flatlands made it the emergent power in central [[Sarpedon]], one that had a degree of Imperial-descendant legitimacy. | |||
In [[1283]], Prince [[Serossaccir Odobricci]] took the city of [[Venceia]] following a long campaign against the Venceian Republic. Rather than destroy the city, Șerossaccir Odobricci induced the [[Senate of Caphiria|Senate]] to recognize him as ''Augustus'' and proclaim his formal adoption by the last recognized [[Imperator]] of the Second Imperium. Șerossaccir assumed the responsibilities of Imperator, moving his court to Venceia and adopting Caphiric, rather than Slavic, laws and customs for his court. The newly formed [[Caphiria#The_Third_Imperium|Third Imperium]] would nonetheless have significant political and cultural Slavic influence. Due to the conquests, most of the lands of what would become Volonia was integrated into the Third Imperium, beginning eight centuries of | In [[1283]], Prince [[Serossaccir Odobricci]] took the city of [[Venceia]] following a long campaign against the Venceian Republic. Rather than destroy the city, Șerossaccir Odobricci induced the [[Senate of Caphiria|Senate]] to recognize him as ''Augustus'' and proclaim his formal adoption by the last recognized [[Imperator]] of the Second Imperium. Șerossaccir assumed the responsibilities of Imperator, moving his court to Venceia and adopting Caphiric, rather than Slavic, laws and customs for his court. The newly formed [[Caphiria#The_Third_Imperium|Third Imperium]] would nonetheless have significant political and cultural Slavic influence. Due to the conquests, most of the lands of what would become Volonia was integrated into the Third Imperium, beginning eight centuries of Caphiric rule over the region. Due to being the home region of the Odobriccis, the lands around Truřov would receive significant benefits and Imperial favoritism for the next two centuries. | ||
===Third Imperium=== | ===Third Imperium=== | ||
The early centuries of the Third Imperium era saw the reemergence of Caphiria as a major power in Sarpedon. Under Serossaccir, the new Imperium entered a period of stability and growth, with many of its major conquests retaking regions that were lost during the civil war and subsequent Dark Period, an era of Slavic prominence in the high echelons of Caphiric society, and an era of scientific discoveries as well as cultural and economic prosperity as the Renaissance was in full swing during this time. Many Caphiro-Slavic dynasties would reach their political and economic zenith during this time as the new elites of the Imperium. | |||
However, this period of stability and prosperity was not to last. The rise in imperial authority and requests for increased clerical autonomy from the [[Pope]], further spurred on by the disastrous [[Great Confessional War]] in the 16th Century brought into question the exact nature of the relationship between the Pope and the Imperator. This would eventually culminate in the [[Great Schism of 1615]] wherein the Imperator had formally broke communion with the [[Catholic Church]] and established the [[Caphiric Church]] as a means to place the Church in Caphiria under the authority of the Imperator, something which had eluded previous Imperators in the previous three centuries. This move was extremely unpopular amongst those who remained loyal to the Pope, which led to the secession of the Imperium's western provinces and a rise in unrest amongst the Slavic populations in the southern provinces. | |||
====Ash War==== | ====Ash War==== | ||
{{Main|Ash War}} | {{Main|Ash War}} | ||
On the the first Sunday following Easter in 1627 | On the the first Sunday following Easter in the year 1627, 11 April 1627, the [[The Reformations of 1627|Reformations of 1627]], a package of reforms throughout the Caphiric Church, took effect. Among other changes, the Reformations introduced the new universal liturgy was used throughout [[Caphiria]]. It included burning consecrated hosts into [[Sacred Ash]]. As liturgies proceeded throughout Caphiria's southern provinces that Sunday, crowds within Churches, who were already greatly opposed to the Great Schism, began to react violently as the priests attempted to burn the consecrated hosts. These crowds threw priests out of churches and began public riots, starting what would become the [[Ash War]]. The crowds began to coalesce around local leaders, preventing Caphiric-aligned priests from entering churches and eventually leading to a rejection of civil authority. A local Slavic noble and member of the [[Senate (Caphiria)|Senate]] named Aleksandar Baciu managed to unite the mobs with other dissatisfied low level Slavic nobles, beginning an open revolt that would last for five years. Baciu's armies would ultimately be defeated in 1631 and he would be executed in [[Venceia]], but the unrest continued until mid-1632. | ||
Though the Ash War was ostensibly a conflict related to the [[Great Schism of 1615]] and southern provincial Slavic loyalty to the [[Catholic Church]] and its teachings, the war would be a major source of pride and inspiration for the people of Volonia in the future. Baciu is recognized as one of the nation's founding fathers and national heroes. | Though the Ash War was ostensibly a conflict related to the [[Great Schism of 1615]] and southern provincial Slavic loyalty to the [[Catholic Church]] and its teachings, the war would be a major source of pride and inspiration for the people of Volonia in the future. Baciu is recognized as one of the nation's founding fathers and national heroes. | ||