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0Ever since A.D. 962 the German monarchy had been combined The Empire and the German monarchy.with the Roman Empire, and the union proved harmful to both offices. The universal authority of the Emperor could hardly fail to become shadowy and unreal, but it was rendered more distasteful to non-German princes and peoples by the immediate association of the Empire with a distinct kingdom, with which they might have causes of quarrel. And as the Empire became more and more localised, so the German kingship became steadily weaker. The shadowy character of the higher dignity tended to produce the same impression as to the more real and practical office. The princes who held their lands of the German king aimed more and more at the independence of the external kings and rulers, who, in feudal theory, held of the Emperor. The imperial claims brought the Empire into collision with the Papacy, and the German monarchy suffered from the blows which the Emperor’s power received in the great Contest of Investitures.
- АвторSir Richard Lodge
- ВидавництвоProject Gutenberg
- Рік видання2020 р.
- Оригінальна назваThe Close of the Middle Ages, 1272-1494, 3rd Ed.
- Тип книгиЕлектронна книга