All Imperial Estates enjoyed immediacy and, therefore, they had no authority above them besides the Holy Roman Emperor himself. Introduction The Imperial Diet was the deliberative body of the Holy Roman Empire. It was not a legislative body in the contemporary sense; its members envisioned it more like a central forum where it was more[…]
A portrait of Charlemagne wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Empire (fifteenth century painting by Albrecht Dürer) / Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Wikimedia Commons Known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from the late fifteenth century onwards, this was a mainly Germanic conglomeration of lands in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Edited by Matthew A.[…]
The symbol of the Holy Roman Empire / Wikimedia Commons The evolution of the election in the Holy Roman Empire from the collapse of the Carolingians to the rise of the Ottonians. By Louis T. Gentilucci III / 12.08.2014 The Holy Roman Empire had an electoral process for choosing the Holy Roman Emperor. The heritage of[…]