I'm sick of this
>H
>R
>E
meme.
>Holy
The Emporer was indeed crowned by the pope, right?
>Roman
This is the only thing that you can meme about
>Empire
Dictionary definition; 1.an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state:
The HRE was both Holy, and an Empire. Dunno about the >Roman
part though.
>>1073511
>>1073511
>eternal anglos
>we wuz romans n shiet
>>1073511
>ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state
nope
>>1073511
>Holy
If you know anything about the history of HRE you'll know why thats so funny. The HREmperors would go to war with the pope and only slap on the "Holy" title as propaganda. And lets not forget this area is the birthplace of protestantism.
>Roman
You already know.
>Empire
>an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch
The title of Emperor was purely ceremonial a few centuries in. And if the Hapsburg hadn't married into Burgundy, Spain and Bohemia Hungary, the Empire would have ended with the reformation.
>>1073511
>Voltaire's remark that the Holy Roman Empire "was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" is accurate to the degree that it ignores[16] German rule over Italian, French, Provençal, Polish, Flemish, Dutch, and Bohemian populations, and the efforts of the ninth-century Holy Roman Emperors (i.e., the Ottonians) to establish central control. Voltaire's "... nor an empire" observation applies to its late period.
>>1073535
Why was Voltaire such a smug dick?
>>1073511
>This is the only thing that you can meme about
Could be Roman in the sense of culture, not the city. All of Europe carries on Roman traditions and culture.
