... are you serious? The Papacy is the office of the Pope (the head of the Catholic church) and the Holy Roman Empire was an empire consisting of modern Germany, Flanders, Switzerland, northern Italy and a couple of other small territories. The Holy Roman Empire lasted from 962-1806.
Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire. But was not the Holy Roman Empire.
Holy Roman Empire was created in 962.
France Spain porturgal and the holy roman empire
Voltaire
In the Holy Roman empire
Voltaire said the Holy Roman Empire was not 'Holy, Roman, or an Empire.'
... are you serious? The Papacy is the office of the Pope (the head of the Catholic church) and the Holy Roman Empire was an empire consisting of modern Germany, Flanders, Switzerland, northern Italy and a couple of other small territories. The Holy Roman Empire lasted from 962-1806.
the holy roman empire was not holy, roman or an empire - Voltaire
Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire. But was not the Holy Roman Empire.
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Just the name tells you. It was Catholic and still is home to the Pope.
The peace of Augsburg said that principalities in the Holy Roman Empire would follow the religion of the ruler. Spain, once it had thrown the Muslims out was never part of the Holy Roman Empire, but was Catholic from that point on, and the Kings of Spain used the Inquisition to keep the protestant revolutionaries from causing the death and destruction that they had caused elsewhere. Italy was part of the Holy Roman Empire but its rulers were always Catholic.
Holy Roman Empire was created in 962.
The holy Roman empire ruled the Romans.
One possibility would be the formation of the Holy Roman Empire (which was unfortunately neither Holy, Roman, nor an Empire).
It never did. The so-called Holy Roman Empire was a mid-European entity.