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Well, yes, as the old joke goes, the Holy Roman Empire wasn't holy, wasn't Roman and wasn't an Empire.
by TheCoelacanth 4y ago
Well, yes, as the old joke goes, the Holy Roman Empire wasn't holy, wasn't Roman and wasn't an Empire.
- piaste 4y agoVoltaire made that joke in the late 18th century, when the dying HRE had been reduced to a multi-confessional German confederation. The medieval HRE, especially the Carolingian one, had a much better claim to the titles.
- Bayart 4y agoThe Carolingian Empire isn't the HRE. The HRE started with the Ottonians.