I am playing a game on hard, as the English, around turn 40 or so. I am at war with France, Milan and Denmark, so pretty much everyone hates me.

I sent a few diplomats out, and thought i might be able to get Milan to chill out, while i finished off France, my mortal enemy. my Diplomat demanded map information from Milan, and they replied with we will give you 400 florins, and please don't attack us. Meanwhile, they have a huge stack marching toward my recently captured Paris. i thought it was odd, so i repeated my demand for map info, and they gave me more money. and again, and again. I took 5000 from them, before i got bored.

anyone seen this kind of odd behaviour before? every time i play, Milan does some really odd stuff. asking for alliance, then attacking me, for example.

what's up with those freaks?