Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoHoly Roman Empire in the 1190sfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHoly Roman Empire in the 1190sfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoBelieve you me, you are not alone. Then there’s what some guy wrote and the quote became famous, I paraphrase - “The Holy Roman Empire is none of the above”, or maybe it was “The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, Roman, nor an Empire”.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt was Voltaire: “The HRE is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire”
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI think in 1190 it was still all of those things though
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago… talk amongst yourselves
Believe you me, you are not alone.
Then there’s what some guy wrote and the quote became famous, I paraphrase - “The Holy Roman Empire is none of the above”, or maybe it was “The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, Roman, nor an Empire”.
It was Voltaire: “The HRE is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire”
I think in 1190 it was still all of those things though
… talk amongst yourselves