Holy Roman Empire

In the 18th century heyday of absolute monarchy, the Emperor had no such pretensions. He (it was required to be a he) sat at the apex of a system of local, regional and empire-wide legislative, judicial and diplomatic structures. The Holy Roman Empire, during its final two centuries, starting with the Thirty Years ' War (1618-1648) (the primary focus of this review) was roughly contiguous with today 's Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Belgium and northem Italy. Modern maps of the Empire portray a chaotic congeries of over 300 entities awaiting the destiny of History to turn them into a proper German nation-state, but the reality was something closer to a federal s Starting in the Middle Ages, each territory (some quite smal) evolved its own political arrangements: a variety of princely episcopal and merchant controlled states. Most of the states participated in regional assemblies of states called Kreis, analogous to how U.S. states are represented in the Senate. Within the states, even the quasi- monarchial ones, diets generally held the taxing power.…

THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS HEIRS KEY X.T. MORROW UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Rome, one of the most fruitful and prosperous empires in history, did not become such a great power for such a great amount of time by mere accident. It is seemingly astounding that an empire that lasted for so long had so many changes in power and structure, which further provides evidence that Rome was such a great empire to emulate, because despite all the violence and disagreement over power, the empire…

The Holy Roman Empire was a feudal empire that contained present-day Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland , Austria, the Czech, and Slovack Republics. In 1512 "Holy Roman Empire" of the German nation became the title of the empire. It went through Central Europe between the Kingdom of France, the west, the kingdoms of Hungary, Poland, and to the East. On the North Side it was surrounded by the Baltic and North Seas, by the Danish Kingdom. The history of Holy Roman…

The most profound intellectual monarch in western civilization governed the greatest influential empire in history, the Holy Roman Empire. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was born on April 4th, 121 AD into a high Roman society family. By the age of six, he was brought to the attention of Emperor Hadrian, who immediately foresaw a promising future in him, and took it upon himself to personally train him as an Equestrian and offer him the finest education possible (Bunson 261). Bunson believes that…

After many continuous years of warfare the thirty years wars has resulted in many countries invading into the Holy Roman Empire. The Thirty Years War was the product of protestant rebellion after I tried to stop their religious activities. This war involved Sweden, France, Spain and Austria including other major powers in Europe, this war was mostly waged on German soil, the war needed with the Peace of Westphalia. Since this war has blurred the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire we must reset…

going great here in Florence at least for now, my father is still a notary here in Florence, it's hard being the middle child sometimes, father always prefers Andrea and Giorgio rather than me. The year is 1436, time goes by so fast, ever since you left, it's been cloudy here in Florence lately, many big storms have gone by. The Holy Roman empire has been getting many supporters, the HRE has been spreading rapidly and Florence is now part of it. I'm in the middle of working on the domes final…

This sentence highlights the controversy surrounding the issue of whether or not the Kingdom of France was subject to the authority of the Holy Roman Empire. This debate also includes the issue of whether French king was a subject of the Holy Roman Empire and, therefore, a subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor. Because both the French and Germans claim to be descended from Charlemagne, some French argued that the transfer of power from the Frankish Kingdom to the Holy Roman Empire, which many…

Charles V was the Holy Roman Empire from 1526 until his death in 1558. He was born in Country of Flanders on February 24, 1500. His father was Philip I also know as Philip The Handsome was the first member of the house of Habsburg to be King of Castile. His mother was Joanna of Castile also know as the Mad. After Charles father died in 1506 he was sent to go live with his aunt Margaret of Austria. When Charles turned 15 in 1515 he became duke of Burgundy and gained rule over the Netherlands. On…

The most important war of the 17th Century would take place in Germany. The Thirty Years War began as a result of the failure of the Peace of Augsburg. This was due mostly to the foundation of new sects of Protestantism including Calvinism. Since these religions were not recognized, they were not allowed to be practiced. This takes us into the first phase of the Thirty Years war which has become known as the Bohemian phase. The Bohemian Phase began when a Calvinist noble threw two Holy Roman…

The Thirty Years War was the last major war of the Protestant Reformation. The war took place from 1618 till 1648. The war began in the Holy Roman Empire and most of the war was actually fought in the Holy Roman Empire. The ruler of the Holy Roman Empire was catholic but the majority of the people he was ruling were Protestant. The Habsburg rulers granted Protestants toleration through a Letter of Majesty. Eventually when Ferdinand the second took over he revoked the Letter of Majesty which left…