L'Eglise Aristotelicienne Romaine The Roman and Aristotelic Church

[Sixtus]

With no Angevin army left there is effectively no threat to our dioceses anymore.
Given the uncooperative attitude of the local rulers and the unwillingness of thr Crown to find a decisive solution we can quietly leave the area.
We can expect that in the coming weeks the Angevin brigands will go back home and regain control of the duchy while the royal forces will gradually leave. In the end things will go back as before just like if nothing ever happened.

On the other hand the Swiss threat is very concrete and they have already attacked one of our dioceses.
While we wait for news from the Lyonnais government it would be wise to start moving our army closer to the province.
Do not forget to request and obtain the necessary permissions, in this case you can't count on the goodwill of the Crown either.
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[Cathelineau]

The Angevins are in Avranches and will return to Brittany tomorrow I think. I am having our army prepared for the journey. I think it would be good for diplomacy to ask the duchies and counts of Maine, Champagne, Orléans and Burgundy for authorization for the army of the Church to pass through. I think that diplomacy is indicated for this task, then I would like to know if in Lyonnais the Apostolic Chamber is able to provide better supplies than in Alençon?
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[Adelene]

Brother Cathelineau, I have to admit I'm a little surprised by your comment. I've just had several hundred meals and medicines delivered to you in Alençon. Here is the list of goods delivered for you:

[Sixtus]

The new orders, brother Cathelineau, are to move the army towards Lyonnais-Dauphiné to secure the province and our dioceses therein.

From where the army currently is, the safest route would be through Le Mans (Maine) - Montmirail (Maine) - Patay (Orléans) - Orléans (Orléans) - Montargis (Orléans) - Conflans-les-Sens (Champagne) - Tonnerre (Burgundy) - Sémur (Burgundy) - Autun (Burgundy) - Châlons (Burgundy) - Maçon (Burgundy) - Lyon (Lyonnais).
That leaves us with five provinces that must authorise our passage through their respective territories. If you are unable to do it yourself, you can entrust the Gonfalonier Diane to ask for their permission or we can entrust brother Adelene with this task, since he seems well acquainted with the local rulers.

In addition to that, you must contact all the nobles who have either not responded to the levy of the ban yet or that are still awaiting for instructions, they can reach Lyonnais directly and help defend the cities immediately while our army is on the move. Maybe finally something good will come from the initial malfunctioning of the mobilisation.

As for you, Brother Adelene, you can inform the duke that the Church is redirecting its mobilisation to assist his province, so he can expect the arrival of our army and other lances to assist in driving out the Helvetic aggressor.
We also instruct you, brother Adelene, to contact Gonfalonier Diane directly so that you are immediately aware of the army's needs and can properly account for costs and expenses. We find it absurd, to say the least, that our army is without food to feed our forces and without money to pay salaries.
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[Cathelineau]

Holy Father, the army has started the movement and we have contacted Maine to be able to enter. Isn't it normally up to the Nunciature to settle this point with the provinces?
In any case, the Primate can take care of it perfectly, he knows his country better than me.

We will also identify with Melian the nobles who are not currently engaged.

The previous comment that I made Brother Adelene relates to the archdeacon of Rouen whom you defend and who caused us to lose at least a week. I was going to give you the itinerary, but the Holy Father has just done so.
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[Fenice]

The Nunciature negotiates and includes in the concordats an article on military authorisations by the various secular governments, but these authorisations must be requested by those who know and command the Church's military forces.
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[Tymothé de Nivellus]

Do you know when you will be in Orléans? see if I go directly to LD? I was on my way to join you...
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Père Tymothé de Nivellus | Cardinal-Evêque de Saint Trufaldini à la Porte Latine | Camerlingue de Rome et Chancelier de la Chambre Apostolique | Archevêque SC d'Avignon et Archevêque d'Embrun
"La puissance de Dieu donne toute sa mesure dans la faiblesse"
Cabinet du Cardinal

[Adelene]

We wait for the refuelling to be done before starting. I hope it will be done by this evening... Ideally, we could take advantage of the passage through Le Mans to collect money and food as well. On the road, we won't be able to count on the Orléans diocese because the administrator hasn't been in post for 10 days. But if we could recover the money stored with you, Cardinal Nivellus, then we would have enough to take our army as far as Lyon and even beyond.
I also hope to be able to take advantage of the diocese of Sens to get some supplies.
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Son Éminence Adelène de Kermabon - Cardinal de Saint Nicomaque de l'Esquilin - Archevêque de Bordeaux

[Tymothé de Nivellus]

of course, I take everything there is in Orléans and I go down to the LD, I would like to be with you to avoid being robbed of so much money even if I walk in a group...
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Père Tymothé de Nivellus | Cardinal-Evêque de Saint Trufaldini à la Porte Latine | Camerlingue de Rome et Chancelier de la Chambre Apostolique | Archevêque SC d'Avignon et Archevêque d'Embrun
"La puissance de Dieu donne toute sa mesure dans la faiblesse"
Cabinet du Cardinal

[Cathelineau]

[Sixtus]

The Swiss army has apparently left Lyonnais, either to go back to Geneva or to launch another raid elsewhere.
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[Cathelineau]

I heard that. Eleanor thinks they could return to Geneva to participate in a tournament. For now this is just a guess and it is impossible to predict the future so I suggest continuing.
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[Adelene]

After talking to the Duke of Lyonnais, he confirmed the news of the departure and his doubts about the point of bringing in the Holy Armies when the situation was under control.

To this I add that now that the periods of free voluntary service have been used up for our nobility, the cost of maintaining our army on a daily basis is estimated at 825 ecus, including pay and rations. This means that travelling to Lyon would cost 9,900 écus. Once we get there, we'll have to wait for the Helvetians to return, which may not happen, or may be two or three months away...

Add to that the fact that we are currently around 8,000 ecus in debt.

I would also add that a long mobilisation wears out the hearts of the most valiant. Especially when nothing happens.

In view of all these factors, and particularly the financial ones, I would encourage everyone here to consider the impact of every future decision concerning this mobilisation.
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Son Éminence Adelène de Kermabon - Cardinal de Saint Nicomaque de l'Esquilin - Archevêque de Bordeaux

[Cathelineau]

The financial hit is not negligible and if the threat no longer exists around Lyon we can effectively demobilize.
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[Sixtus]

Our finances are more than capable to sustain these expenses, they are actually trivial in that regard.
On the other hand, our intervention appears to have become unnecessary once again.
The demobilisation can now take place, we expect to receive the full list of everyone involved. You are, of course, also to pay all the dues including salaries, donations, undelivered food et cetera.
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