what the hell we the point of the hre again?
>>441587
>what the hell we the point of the hre again?
M8 did you have a stroke
So that Germanic barbarians could feel prestigious
>>441595
*was
What was the point of a political entity? What is the point of any of them? An association of peoples, usually sharing a cultural background and a language, organized for mutual defense and prosperity.
>>441601
Oh, well in that case it was just supposed to be a Christiandom for all catholics
>>441587
The Pope needed someone to protect him from the Lombardians since Constantinople wasn't picking up the slack, and the Franks were available. Shower them with legitimacy and irrevocably tie the Imperial title to the church, and then suddenly you're Holy, Roman, and Imperial.
Man, fuck Constantine, moved the center of power out of Rome and everything went to shit.
For that matter, fuck the bastards in the Senate who killed Julius.
>>441587
Achieving world relevance by being the most loyal servant of the pope and giving him all my money.
t. Otto the "Great"
>>441587
Is it some kind of meme to post this graph here?
>>441587
To prevent France from achieving European supremacy and restart the Roman Empire.
>>441587
The permanent hard on all european cultures had/have for the Roman Empire.