What was the Holy

Roman Empire and

what was its
importance to the
Middle Ages?
Where the Holy Roman Empire was
The Background of The Holy Roman
Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a country existing from 800 to 1806 AD
At different times in history it was called different thing like the
Empire in the West, the Roman Empire, and the Holy Empire
Its rulers were German but not always coronated by the pope
The Holy Roman Empires
importance to the Middle Ages
During the Holy Roman Empires Italo-German phase, the empire
played a significant role in central European politics
The Catholic church had allegiance to this country
This empire descended from Charlemagnes empire who was
crowned emperor by the pope
More about the Holy Roman
Empire

The Holy Roman Empires government was an elective monarchy
There was no official capital but instead there were imperial seat
cities varied throughout history
There were many languages used in this empire such as German,
Latin, Italian, Czech, Polish, Dutch, French, Frisian, Slovene, and
Sorbia
The three major religions were Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism,
and Calvinism



Wars the Holy Roman Empire was
in


Austro-Turkish War (166364) Crusade of 1197 Third Crusade
Fourth Crusade Fifth Crusade Sixth Crusade First Crusade
French Revolutionary Wars Hundred Years' War Hungarian
invasions of Europe Hussite Wars
Napoleonic Wars Nine Years' War Peasants' War Scanian
War
Second Crusade Second Northern War Swabian War
Thirty Years' War War of the First Coalition
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines

How the end of the Holy Roman
Empire came
Due to French and Turkish threatening the Holy Roman Empire lost
imperial cities like Strasbourg and Vienna
Then the French, Saxons, Prussians, Austrians, and the people of
Hanover expanded their territory and ended the Holy Roman
Empire
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