How come they called it the holy Roman empire when it wasn't

>>682720
at certain points it had all those qualities

>this meme

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>>682720
I'm sure you already know this, but that soundbite was said after the empire had decayed into a sad collection of german princedoms surrounding austria.
It was a little bigger when it started.

>>682720
Pope needed an excuse to tame the Frankish king.

>>682776
>Flanders
>HRE

They stole it.

>>682720
It was Holy Roman Empire at one point, but then Germans unrelated to Charlemagne claimed succession and proceeded to make it a loose collection of vaguely defined German Kingdoms fighting over which one of them gets to rule it. It was alright while Spain was in charge for a while but then crumbled under its own inefficiency, dragging Spain down in the process.

>>682720
It was Holy, Roman and an Empire at one point.

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>>682720
2dank

Why is Alizée so attractive.

>>682776
That's not how it started.