This alternate (or revised) history article is about English Renaissance man John Taylor, who brought the Renaissance to England in 1390 following years of learning in France, Spain, and Italy.
I like history. Have you ever chronicled the Lombards or D’este family?
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From what I know, they go back to the Winili tribe. Not sure how far back that is but I think the D’este’s go back to early Renaissance.
@PinkyAndTheBrain - Thank you for your interest in my revised history! 
Anyway, to be honest, I’m not too familiar with either the D’este family or the Lombards as a whole. In fact, I’d never even heard of the D’este family until you mentioned them. I’m curious, what makes the D’este family notable? And do you think they might have anything to do with my goal of changing history?
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Idk. They go back a pretty long way. The d’este were prominent in the Renaissance but their roots go back much farther. Even to ancient Lombards, then known as Langobards or “long beards” that were immigrants of the Winili. The Winili were supposedly descended from the tribe of Odin.
Just some 3AM rabbit holes I’ve been attracted to like a fly to a zap light…
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I only got interested because I was trying to trace my own family history, deeper than the book goes. Which actually begins with the first of us, who immigrated from Welsh/England supposedly in 1773 or earlier. He was a scout for the kings army… yes, a redcoat. He was granted 400 acres in Monangalia County, West Virginia where he settled down and our ancestry in the U.S. begins. As a scout, he was tasked to explore the territory beyond the colonies, even as far as the Mississippi River. Before Lewis and Clark. The Lewis and Clark expedition was only the first publicly documented excursion to find a route to the west. His scouting was for different reasons, as were those of the conquistadors and even far earlier, the Norse.
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Oh, his name was George Wade. Forgot to mention that…
Strange how things seem to trigger dejavu. Even after I sent this then edited it, dejavu came upon me… certain things trigger it, but they make no sense.
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@PinkyAndTheBrain - Those are some interesting facts you’ve got there!
Since this is getting a bit off-topic, I might have to move part of this discussion to another thread, or have @Cosmo do it.
I have a bit of a difficulty determining where to go on this website. It’s oddly built. I usually navigate straight to DMs or the public forum.
Today I decided to go out of bounds and explore some other topics in here.
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I understand where you’re coming from.
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I cant find much on Taylor.
I was digging around in a search but there’s more than one…
Possibly? But not too sure how it could be changed currently. I do think it’s a very delicate thing though… history.
@PinkyAndTheBrain - I’m sorry, but you’re not going to have any luck finding the John Taylor I wrote about (1358-1440) outside of TTI or sites related to it, because I made him up. I plan on inserting him among others into history, in these particular cases like that of John with the intention of spreading the Renaissance outside of northern Italy much sooner than in current history. Does this help your understanding a bit?
Yes
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Oh, I read it again. Must have missed that part. Lol
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John Taylor was the bassist for Duran Duran!
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Yeah, that’s obviously a different John Taylor. The name John Taylor must be a very common one, as is John Smith for instance. Also, when I imagined the John Taylor who I’ll insert into history for bringing the Renaissance to England in 1390, I almost named him James Taylor, LOL! 
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