So this was the most effective way to manage a large empire right?

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>>1258371
>HRE
>coherent
this is some next-level Voltaire bait

>>1258371
Maybe if you were considered a god emperor or something. You need your vassals to fear and respect you enough to listen to you when you want to be coherent.

HRE = no

>>1258371
It was just German prince banter man, nothing too deep.

>>1258371
>this was the most effective way to manage a large Germanic empire
ftfy

>>1258834
The not Holy. not Roman, not Empire

>>1258371
>Emprie

The >H >R >E was not coherent in any sense.

>>1258371
Well, yes. Outside influence from the French was what caused an otherwise good system to buckle a little.

Never forget or forgive the French for 1806, they robbed the world of a treasure.

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>>1258371
No

>>1258371
The empire was not managed by the emperor you idiot, he had almost no real power. He had more like a symbolic role. It wasn't a videogame.

>manage
>large
>empire
>coherent

>>1259122
Imagine what memes we've been robbed of.