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The Holy Roman Empire was holy only as pageantry: pope and king benefited from pretending the church was in charge because the performance conferred legitimacy and unity.
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The Holy Roman Empire was holy only as pageantry: pope and king benefited from pretending the church was in charge because the performance conferred legitimacy and unity.
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"You need someone to imagine the idea before you can actually implement it on earth. All right. So let me conclude by going back..."
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"And after Charlemagne what we'll see is that they don't get along. Because the pope insists on having power over the emperor. The emperor..."
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"...in the picture and what's most important is the idea of holiness you see this hallow surrounding each person in the picture right it..."
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The Holy Roman Empire was not holy, not Roman, and not much of an empire.
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