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    • The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. On 25 December 800, Pope Leo III crowned the … See more

    Name and general perception

    Since Charlemagne, the realm was merely referred to as the Roman Empire. The term sacrum ("holy", in the sense of … See more

    History

    As Roman power in Gaul declined during the 5th century, local Germanic tribes assumed control. In the late 5th and early 6th centuries, the Merovingians, under Clovis I and his successors, consolidated Frankish tribes and … See more

    Demographics

    Overall population figures for the Holy Roman Empire are extremely vague and vary widely. The empire of Charlemagne may have had as many as 20 million people. Given the political fragmentation of the later E… See more

    Institutions

    The Holy Roman Empire was neither a centralized state nor a nation-state. Instead, it was divided into dozens – eventually hundreds – of individual entities governed by kings, dukes, counts, bishops, abbots, and other rulers… See more

    Imperial families and dynasties

    Some constituencies of the Holy Roman Empire had additional royal or imperial territories that were, sometimes from the outset, outside the jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire. Henry VI, inheriting both German as… See more

    Further reading

    • Arnold, Benjamin (1991). Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-5215-2148-2. OL 7744146M.
    • Bryce, James (1864). The Holy Roman Empire. Macmillan. … See more

     
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