The Heart of Europe: the Holy Roman Empire, 800–1806
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The history of the Holy Roman Empire is the main line of European medieval and modern history. The historical development of the empire also exhibits the general characteristics of European history. The Empire claimed to have inherited the orthodoxy of the Roman Empire, but it was not ruled by an absolute monarch like the Roman Empire. The empire has an emperor, but the emperor does not always keep his promise. Even the emergence of an emperor requires the coronation of the pope and the selection of electors. The sovereignty of the empire is decentralized and shared by various political bodies such as the emperor, the pope, princes, the imperial parliament, the imperial court, the city alliance, and the church territory. The governance of the empire mainly relies on seeking consensus and negotiation and mediation, rather than relying on hegemony. The empire was internally diverse. It gave birth to both the "Iron Kingdom" Prussia and the "Sea Coachman" Netherlands; it had both a feudal economy based on the manor system and a developed trade network represented by the Italian city-states, the United Provinces of the Netherlands and the Hanseatic League. Professor Wilson attempts to correct people's long-standing prejudices against this empire and restore the true nature of the empire for us. Starting from four themes, the book clarifies what the empire is, how it works, why it is important, and its impact on today's Europe. The content covers all aspects of the empire's sense of mission, social order, governance model, economic development, judicial system, state-state relations, reform and changes, etc., And paints a complete picture of a great empire that was still very dynamic until the end of the 18th century!
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