The Holy Roman Empire

Historical Context Essay

Albrecht Classen (University of Arizona)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.2: German-language Writing and Culture: Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, 800-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

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Political Geography

Dates

Date of occurrence 800-1806

Places

Austria (Location)
France (Location)
Germany (Location)
Italy (Location)
Turkey (Location)

The Holy Roman Empire is a highly complex and long-term historical development which extends from the early Middle Ages to the early nineteenth century. The concept of a .Holy Roman Empire. also includes problems which are hard to address satisfactorily within the compass of an encyclopedia entry: it involves the deep influence of mythical thinking connected with the notion of the German Empire (see, for instance, Friedrich Heer, The Holy Roman Empire, 1967/1968; 2002; Malte Prietzel, Das Heilige Römische Reich im Spätmittelalter, 2004) and the anachronistic projection of modern concepts of a German nation and a German people into the past, whereas national ideas and the sense of a German …

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Citation: Classen, Albrecht. "The Holy Roman Empire". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 December 2005 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1646, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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