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There was a thing called the Holy Roman Empire. [0] An Orthodox seminary professor remarked that it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire - so you may be o
by srcreigh 5y ago
There was a thing called the Holy Roman Empire. [0] An Orthodox seminary professor remarked that it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire - so you may be onto something. Although I took a history of Christianity course in uni, it was taught by a RC priest, and there were no lessons about the crusades. You did get me curious though, maybe I'll get a book about that whole situation at the time.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire
- yesenadam 5y agofrom that page: > In a famous assessment of the name, the political philosopher Voltaire remarked sardonically: "This body which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."
- pvg 5y agoI wonder if the source of the confusion is this sort of terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Empire it sort of sounds like a synonym for Roman, it was one of the (curiously few!) conquests of Constantinople, etc. It just wasn't actually Roman anything.
- rsynnott 5y agoI’m bemused how you could possibly have a third-level course on the general history of Christianity that skipped the crusades.