About the Holy Roman Empire

1. What was the Holy
Roman Empire and
what was its
importance to the
Middle Ages?

2. Where the Holy Roman Empire was

3. 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

4. The Holy Roman Empire’s
importance to the Middle Ages
 During the Holy Roman Empire’s 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 Charlemagne’s empire who was
crowned emperor by the pope

5. More about the Holy Roman
Empire
 The Holy Roman Empire’s 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

6. Wars the Holy Roman Empire was
in
 ► Austro-Turkish War (1663–64)► 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

7. 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

8. Bibliography
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