Holy Roman Empire -

holy roman empire  The empire fails on every count It was heavily decentralized, extensive rather than intensive in its government, and, at least until the reforms around 1500, The Holy Roman Empire looked to Charlemagne, King of the Franks, as its founder, who had been crowned Emperor of the Romans on Christmas Day in 800 by Pope Leo

The nature of the Holy Roman Empire: limited elective monarchy The HRE evolved over time into a limited elective monarchy, and at the same time a state The nature of the Holy Roman Empire: limited elective monarchy The HRE evolved over time into a limited elective monarchy, and at the same time a state

The Holy Roman Empire A bit of a misnomer, the Holy Roman Empire was never centralized enough to form a cohesive government, language, or ABSTRACT “The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy nor Roman, nor an Empire ” For the historian, Voltaire's famous quip has three aspects: 1)