The Holy Roman Empire was the most powerful monarchy in Europe. Since the early modern period, the Holy Roman Empire was structurally no longer capable of offensive warfare, expansion of power. Since then, legal protection and peacekeeping were considered its essential purposes. The empire was to ensure peace, stability and the peaceful resolution of conflicts.
From the middle of the 18th century, the Holy Roman Empire was less and less able to protect its members against the expansionist policies of internal and external powers. After the Napoleonic Wars and the founding of the Confederation of the Rhine, the German Emperor had no longer any legitimacy and simply abandoned the monarchy. But why was the empire getting weaker?
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Interesting links and sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire
https://www.worldhistory.org/Holy_Roman_Empire/
https://www.dhm.de/archiv/ausstellungen/heiliges-roemisches-reich/index_3.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/Holy-Roman-Empire
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:28 The origin of the Holy Roman Empire
11:04 Otto the Great: German rule over the Holy Roman Empire
19:18 The aristocracy and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire
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