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To: Plainsman
The Holy Roman Empire (of the German Nation) was Germany in the middle ages. Perhaps sanctioned in title by the pope, but hardly ruled by Rome.
8 posted on 11/20/2009 11:12:08 AM PST by Moltke (DOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the Big House - HOPE will get you 4 to 8 in the White House.)
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To: Moltke

Of course the Empire originally included northern Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the Low Countries, eastern France, and some miscellaneous territories, making it much more international.


10 posted on 11/21/2009 1:32:07 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (a wild-eyed, exclusionist, birther religio-beast -- Daily Kos)
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