Well I decided to smack the English first . I had enough troops available
that they retreated from all three provinces with me capturing several princes
in Aquitaine (with a healthy ransom ). I also knocked out about 4 of
their ships. I got no warning so 1 turn later I put the French away by attacking their last province in Brittany. Both Spain and Italy have current
Crusades going to Antioch and Palestine, so I had to wait a bit to keep from
being attacked by them. I now have 1 Crusade built and another just about
built and the year is 1165. I plan on hammering the Italians, and possibly the
Spainiards too in a couple of turns . I'm still not doing too well
financially, but N. Italy and N. Spain sure will help .