On this day in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist, after being founded in 962

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1. “The Holy Roman Empire. Neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire”

   -Voltaire

2. That’s actually a really great book by Peter H. Wilson there.

3. I feel a bit sad, to be honest. The Holy Roman Empire was not perfect, but it tried to keep Christ at the center of society. When it ended in 1806, it was like the end of a Christian vision of Europe. After that, secularism and nationalism became stronger, and now we see the consequences everywhere.

   For me, it’s not only a historical fact, it means something deeper.

4. 156 years off of 1000.

   I’d say something about the history it’d have gone through if it existed until 1962…but I am realising a lot may have happened because of its dissolution/may not have happened if it survived.

5. Culturally, we are European. That is real. It goes much deeper than the nation state. The Netherlands didn’t exist as a unit before 1800.

6. The most confusing chapter in history. Impossible to follow which land belonged to whom and what their allegiances were for my own ‘duchy’, let alone the whole HRE. Super interesting though.

7. Too bad the Carolingians couldn’t keep their Renaissance going.

8. Napoleon made sure of that

9. I am having OCD from this, should be restored so we finish the 1000 years

   Also Kurfiřt system was kind of cool

10. Glory to the empire!

11. No Roman and no Holy

12. Good

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