The players involved were the territories in Germany, the Holy Roman Empire, the provinces of the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden, as well as France and Spain. ... The Holy Roman Empire also floundered after the war and would never be the world power it had previously been. Loss of power for Germany and the Holy Roman Empire led to gains of power for other territories. ... Due to the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, provinces were free to choose their own religion rather than having Catholicism imposed on them by a larger authority. ... The downfall of the Holy Roman Empire led to the end o...

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If you specifically take a look at Ethiopia and Charlemagne's empire there is clear evidence that show these differences. ... For example " African kingdoms that arose in modern Sudan and Ethiopia in northeast Africa were heavily influenced by Egyptian culture".1 Egypt was largely influenced by Roman culture and the hellenistic ways of christianity would be introduced to Ethiopia through the trade they would do in the upper nile area. ... Another significance in Charlemagne's empire was that in 800 he was crowned in Rome by the Pope giving him the title of the holy Roman em...

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Differences in ideology between ideas of empires and nations had also accounted for geo-political divides. ... As Erica Benner (2013) mentions in Nationalism: Intellectual Origins, a German reaction to the revolutions in America and France, which "claimed to found new national forms of legitimacy on universal, republican principles" (Benner 2013, p. 45), which was when the confederation of German states in 1800, or the Holy Roman Empire, were collapsing due to the pressure of the revolutionary wars. ... Renan mentions that resulting from the end of the Roman Empire and the subsequent failures ...

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Ford 10/8/02 The Shame of Charles V Charles had many concerns during his sovereignty of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. ... Shortly after his election as Holy Roman Emperor, Charles began his struggle with France; one that would endure his entire reign. ... Though such was done, as the Turks were defeated in Vienna at the Battle of Mohacs, they were allowed to remain throughout much of Eastern Europe, still threatening the Empire. ... Despite his efforts in extinguishing the Knight's Revolt, Peasant's Revolt, and Schmalkaldic League, Protestantism was still evident throug...

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Furthermore, the Western Empire was replaced with small Germanic kingdoms that sprang all over Europe, with the crowning of Charlemagne as Roman emperor in 800. ... The dissolution of the Frankish empire caused the era to return into the Dark Ages, until feudalism arose. ... This era was also known as the Dark Ages (476~800 BC) because of the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West. ... German states remain separate and unable to be unified due to the drowning of Frederick I's at the Third Crusade in 1190 because the absence of his leadership aroused panic and eventually, the fall of th...

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This consequently allowed Lutheranism to spread throughout the Holy Roman Empire as gradually more princes began implementing Lutheran ideology in their individual territory. ... With Charles being absent from the Empire at this time the Princes saw the opportunity to take control and their success gave them confidence and made them less controllable for Charles. ... The princes, due to the make-up of the Holy Roman Empire, could implement their own religion in their individual territories. ... Lutheranism was than able to spread and establish itself in the Holy Roman Empire quite easily....

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Recent estimates have suggested that the total number of prosecutions for witchcraft during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was in the region of 111,000, about half of which took place within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Those parts of the Holy Roman Empire, for example, which applied the Imperial Code of Justice strictly, prosecuted far fewer witches than those that did not. ... This was especially the case in western parts of the Holy Roman Empire. ... By the end of the sixteenth century the centre of witch hunting activity had moved to the Holy Roman Empire. ...

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The Holy Roman Emperor also contributed greatly to Luther's success by allowing him freedom and not realising the threat that he posed. Young and inexperienced, the Holy Roman Emperor was occupied with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire to worry about a "reluctant revolutionary." ...

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