As strange as the whole concept was the fact it lasted a thousand years is extremely impressive.
@aoikemono64143 жыл бұрын
It reminds me of when smaller fish swim together so they look bigger and more menacing. Scary from a distance but once you got close and attacked, they will all scatter. So it's basically NATO...
@manu37333 жыл бұрын
It was a lot more unified for most of its history. He picked the HRE at its weakest and most disunified, not long before it'd collapse altogether.
@sanches92273 жыл бұрын
@Nunya Business If thats the case the US is megalodon.
@andypunkrocker3 жыл бұрын
The republic of Venice last more than a thousand years
@maximilianolimamoreira50023 жыл бұрын
@@andypunkrockersí, pero, la República de Venecia era mucho menos desorganizada que el Sacro imperio, y tuvieron provincias ultramarinas, una cosa que otros países no podrían tener, con tanta facilidad.
@OctagonDinosaur5 жыл бұрын
Isn't it obvious? You need 50 imperial authority in order to pass reforms.
@Muhammed5525 жыл бұрын
LOL cost too much
@alexfreestyleboy5 жыл бұрын
My man!
@eniotanaka22295 жыл бұрын
Just abdicate often and you got it
@burunyaa3315 жыл бұрын
Is that motherfucking Eu IV reference
@someinsignificantguy44335 жыл бұрын
@Kaiser Wilhelm II but you are a Hohenzollern prussian. So just fuck the emporer and unite Germany by conquest. Thats so boring, because nobody can defeat you...
@bandie91013 жыл бұрын
"How did the Holy Roman Empire Work?" "It did not." "I hope you enjoyed this episode and thank you for watching and ...."
@brunitoforrester3 жыл бұрын
good one
@TheSci-fiAnarchist422 жыл бұрын
That would have made for a great April fools joke. 😄😄
@DaDunge2 жыл бұрын
The Holy roman empire was one f the best functioning states in Europe for the first half of it's existence it only became a mess with the advent of the interregnum.
@johnlewis38912 жыл бұрын
@@DaDunge It stop functioning well since the death of the Frederick II in 1250s. After that, the imperial authority was weakened.
@DaDunge2 жыл бұрын
@@johnlewis3891 Yes? His death starts the Interregnum which is what I said.
@rakhafitra86074 жыл бұрын
I'm honestly amazed that the HRE was able to make that system work in a time when information travels slowly.
@navilluscire25673 жыл бұрын
That might've actually helped it last as long as it did, information about changes to laws, and especially economic related issues took time to be implemented which caused a gradual change that wasn't too disruptive to the state's apparatuses and its vassals.
@karlscher51702 жыл бұрын
The system didn't work and that was the whole point of it. The Empire was effectively dissolved in 1648
@johnlewis38912 жыл бұрын
That's why they limited their electors to 7. Before the, all princes had the right to vote, which was problematic when you have hundreds of sovereign counts, landgraves, burgraves, margraves, and dukes.
Slowly, yes, but not that slow that it would be crippling the whole country. If there was any information that needed to be shared quickly, it would take a maximum of up to a week before all the important people got it. Rested horses can travel insanely fast, and the messengers would pass regular checkpoints with fresh horses waiting for them. And a week was nothing for a world that functioned much slower than what we are used to today.
@Ivan-fn8bf5 жыл бұрын
Must've been a pain in the ass to colour the HRE map
@fristnamelastname55495 жыл бұрын
It looks like someone throw up.
@alfredthegreatkingofwessex68385 жыл бұрын
I’ve Been laughing at your profile picture and profile name for about two minutes now
@johannes72385 жыл бұрын
@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838 But doesn't he have a little too few chins for it to be funny?
@bigpopparasta81335 жыл бұрын
Chinohito I see you’re a HOI4 man of bad AI
@will64125 жыл бұрын
hiss hiss this is Snek yes
@overvieweffect90345 жыл бұрын
me before watching the video: "HOW did the Holy Roman Empire Work?" after watching the video: "How did the Holy Roman Empire WORK?"
@alejandroojeda15725 жыл бұрын
the Austrian army Mantained "everyone" in check. That's the most conclusive answer
@roodborstkalf96645 жыл бұрын
It worked better then was suggested in this video. Otherwise it couldn't have lasted for 850 years. My prediction is that the United States of America is not around anymore in the year 2625.
@adrianatgaming86405 жыл бұрын
@@roodborstkalf9664 it could become just as decentralized.
@thefirstprimariscatosicari68705 жыл бұрын
@@roodborstkalf9664 It only lasted so long because its neighbours were busy fighting each other and only occasionally took chunks out of it. As you can see from different maps the HRE only ever shrank, never expanding after the very first few centuries.
@rationalroundhead67395 жыл бұрын
@@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870 After the very first few whatnow? *Centuries* sounds like quite a bit of time to be expanding in.
@nate7424 жыл бұрын
Napoleon, 1806: “Wait a minute...This whole thing is Stupid!!!” *HRE has been removed from chat*
@thunderbird19214 жыл бұрын
What's funny is that Francis dissolved the HRE partially because he feared Napoleon would just claim the title for himself. Regardless, the system was pretty much a mess from the beginning. Westphalia being carved out of Germanic and central European land (with Napoleon's younger brother Jerome made its king) basically did it in.
@johnnotrealname81683 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 Well technically it still exists since the Emperor does not have the Constitutional Power to dissolve it. So any Baptised person is a Citizen of the Roman Empire.
@gutsjoestar74503 жыл бұрын
the Austrian called France ennemy humanity in the declaration of the 7th coalition in 1815
@johnnotrealname81683 жыл бұрын
@@gutsjoestar7450 I think it was Napoleon they were worried about.
@Rauruatreides3 жыл бұрын
@@johnnotrealname8168 then again, even the Pope isn't really into it any more. Also, when you mean baptized you mean baptized under Catholicism, since y'know, the HRE was Catholic based, and all those Protestants weren't the best for them.
@mr.markofski42673 жыл бұрын
The HRE is the epitome of life: fumbling your way through and somehow barely manage to make it
@gandalf_thegrey3 жыл бұрын
And it feels like a thousand years... Wait
@vincentmalasawmkimajongte74893 жыл бұрын
That's a strangely wholesome way to describe it
@morfy33132 жыл бұрын
Then get killed by a Frenchman born in Corsica.
@ritikshaw58682 жыл бұрын
@@morfy3313 French speaking Italian, born in Corsica.* >:(
@sovietunion76432 жыл бұрын
sounds like my highschool experience
@silas__39945 жыл бұрын
Title should be, how did the l͟a͟t͟e HRE work. The first few hundred years were much less decentralized, meaning the country could wage wars, also at that point the emperor wasn't just Austria every time.
@daanwillemsen2235 жыл бұрын
Important tipping point was the Treaty of Westphalia
@silas__39945 жыл бұрын
@@daanwillemsen223 i agree, the reformation in general weakened the unity by a ton.
@sephikong83235 жыл бұрын
Although it is important to remind that from the XIIIth century and onward the empire was already heavily decentralised and the importance of the Emperor was already declining quite a lot, but it still had a semblance of still being a State before the reformation
@marvelfannumber15 жыл бұрын
@@silas__3994 Although I think the main thing that really weakened the position of Emperor, and which caused the Empire to become so decentralized was due to the lack of many long lasting dynasties early on. The Ottonians were off to a good start in the 10th Century, but then Otto III died suddenly in 1002 at the age of 21 and for a few years there simply wasn't an Emperor. Then after a few years of conflict Henry II, Otto's cousin was made Emperor, but he too died without any children. Things got a bit more stable again under the Salians, however after Henry V died a series of different dynasties fought over the title with numerous interregnums inbetween. As a result, the local nobles learned to take care of themselves without the Emperor, and often didn't even bother choosing a new one. Compare this to France, which had one single, unbroken dynasty since Hugh Capet in the 10th Century until the French Revolution.
@jonas10151195 жыл бұрын
@@daanwillemsen223 though the treaty only ratified what had basically been political reality before, central authority arguably declined starting with the failed ambitions of Charles V. in the 1550s.
@manuelxcool19975 жыл бұрын
Which political system do you prefer? Feudalism Democracy Absolute Monarchy Holy Roman Empire : Yes
@OHYS5 жыл бұрын
This comment deserves way more than 9 likes
@strikefall22185 жыл бұрын
Feudalism isnt a political system but more of an economic once that coincides with the monarchy and the nobles in the Middle Ages but ok
@CSLucasEpic5 жыл бұрын
@@strikefall2218 So is socialism, but people keep saying it is a political system even if it is an economic system. People tend to confuse terms all the time, like the whole theory and hypothesis thing.
@strikefall22185 жыл бұрын
@@CSLucasEpic Those that i have found that confuse Socialism as political are either Social Dems or people who think anything Socialism is Communist, and Communism does have a lot of political aspects to it. Although Socialism and Communism are not the same thing.
@manuelxcool19975 жыл бұрын
@@strikefall2218 oh ok, thanks for correcting me
@auraguard02123 жыл бұрын
Short Answer: It didn't. Long Answer: The Imperial Eagle was awesome so there's that.
@coneinggaming62853 жыл бұрын
Facts
@henrik32912 жыл бұрын
Came here for this comment
@USSFFRU Жыл бұрын
The Imperial Eagle was so good it kept the Empire united
@jcsgodmother Жыл бұрын
We have a pretty neat bald eagle and our system doesn't work either.
@arielquelme5 ай бұрын
Cool Answer:"Holy Roman" Sounds like badass Warhammer Marine's chapter... I mean, Holy Cow..
@mardasman4283 жыл бұрын
It depends on the time. During medieval times the HRE emperor was pretty powerful as a collection of lordships that were somewhat loyal to the emperor, but after the 30-years war he and the HRE structure became almost completely irrelevant, as the religious divisions made the HRE divided and weak.
@nicolasmarazuela10102 жыл бұрын
And the War of the Austrian Succession got rid of the last power.
@tiringsarcasm Жыл бұрын
The power of the HRE as a whole generally grows in power the farther back in time you go.
@garybessey2184 Жыл бұрын
Irrelevant notes: 1) The HRE was not necessarily holy. 2) The HRE was not Roman. 3) The HRE was not an empire, as such. Other than that, it was pretty much as it was.
@mardasman428 Жыл бұрын
@@garybessey2184 I know. The name only exists because the corrupt popes of the 9th and 10th centuries wanted to become powerful landholders in their own right and needed an ally to give that to them. This ally was a powerful German king called Otto, who fought the Pope's enemies and therefore got this interesting title from the Pope in exchange, thus serving as proof of legitimacy. It is quite laughable and ironic considering that the one who gave away this "holy Roman" title was the religious leader of Rome, while the area it now referred to was none of these three things (maybe apart from the "Empire" thing).
@robinrehlinghaus1944 Жыл бұрын
Stop with this Voltaire BS
@thomasturner69805 жыл бұрын
Still acted more like the Roman empire than whatever Mussolini was trying to do
@trlacr17815 жыл бұрын
You really are everywhere
@bogdanbogdanoff51645 жыл бұрын
>not holy >not roman >nor an empire ok sweaty
@vampirevore5 жыл бұрын
@@thyme8668 how do you quantify holiness anyway
@gray157805 жыл бұрын
Actually it was the Roman empire.
@vampirevore5 жыл бұрын
@@gray15780 the roman empire died hundreds of years before the hre died, but it was alive and well when the hre was founded, just based out of constantinople and missing its historic western territories
@pridelander065 жыл бұрын
Did the Holy Roman Empire work? Well yes, but actually no.
@norr05135 жыл бұрын
Mr. P. Enis I was thinking how democratic the voting system was, I just thought Austrians with inbreeding and bribing took majority
@BLGStudios5 жыл бұрын
There is no way to explain this in 10 minutes -Quotes by BLGstudios
@mike38165 жыл бұрын
Well yes, but actually who
@anathemebouffon59835 жыл бұрын
What Napoleon did was an act of mecry
@robertrichard61074 жыл бұрын
No, Captain Von Trapp could never get his sea vessel deployed quick enough for gun boat diplomacy because he was propagating up in his mountain estate.
@karunyaasribashyam14653 жыл бұрын
So wholesome that Napoleon is waving goodbye to an episode about the HRE
@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Жыл бұрын
Nope
@geoofficial1 Жыл бұрын
“How did the HRE Work?” “It didn’t.” “I hope you enjoyed this video, thank you for watching and special thanks to James Bisonette and Kelly Moneymaker.”
@PhadexLXIV_Greece Жыл бұрын
Kek
@ACreative_name Жыл бұрын
"Rob water house james, sky shepal, ...."
@dio609 Жыл бұрын
It wasn't Holy It wasn't Roman And it wasn't an Empire
@ACreative_name Жыл бұрын
@@dio609 yes since it was actually Unholy Germanic And a Confederation Basically the exact opposite
@mimamo Жыл бұрын
@@ACreative_name What is "unholy" even supposed to mean? Was it anti-Christian, Satanic? That's nonsense. It was called "holy", because the Pope crowned the Emperor and the Catholic Church held a lot of power in it. To this day Germans have to pay taxes to the church, unless they officially declare they quit the church. Voltaire's silly "It wasn't holy, it wasn't..." is one of history's most ignorant quotes. No wonder, he was French and wanted to malign and mock it.
@loganliss31235 жыл бұрын
_I love Germany so much, I prefer to see 1000 of them!_
@loganliss31235 жыл бұрын
You get the point
@Austrian_Butcher5 жыл бұрын
Didn't you just say a sentence from an Italian prime Minister "I like Germany So much, I like to see 2 of them"?
@loganliss31235 жыл бұрын
Yes I was referring to that quote
@Stardust_2625 жыл бұрын
Österreichischer Patriot You love Germany 3000
@Austrian_Butcher5 жыл бұрын
@@Stardust_262 nah I only would want it if Austria would be OME the most powerful of them again.
@charito15955 жыл бұрын
I'm betting that 50% of the work put into this video was to accurately display the HRE then giving up and combining many of the smaller states.
@gggggggggggggggggg1614 жыл бұрын
I bet the oxygen reaching your brain is down to 50% when I see your profile pic ;)
@ericr.malice3184 жыл бұрын
@@gggggggggggggggggg161 wait, do you think that's the flag of the third reich? Lol, that's just the German Empire with the Iron Cross in the middle. What's your issue with that?
@jerreu71364 жыл бұрын
@@ericr.malice318 It is the flag of the also genocidal German Empire/Kaiserreich which had a great deal to do with the escalating of WWI and which is today used by neo-nazis and so called Reichsbürgern, who are far right conspiracy mythologists, who say that the Federal Republic of Germany doesn't exist because there is no peace treaty with the former allies and other BS. Now the Iron cross is still used in the Bundeswehr, but in combination with the Tricolor of black, white and red, it clearly represents monarchist views, that in the Weimarer Republic were held by right nationalists, such as the DNVP an ally of the NSDAP and which nowadays are held by neo facists and those who don't want to be seen as such but are.
@ericr.malice3184 жыл бұрын
@@jerreu7136 they are just twisting the symbol's meaning.
@Janoip4 жыл бұрын
@@gggggggggggggggggg161 Shut up
@noujaadw2 жыл бұрын
When the Habsburg territories were split in 1558 the Netherlands went to the Spanish branch, however the Spanish Netherlands continued to be a part of the HRE, and in their role as the Count of Flanders, Namur, etc. The Spanish Habsburgs were vassals to the HRE. Although Spain itself wasn't a vassal. Therefore when the Dutch revolt happened they were not technically rebelling against the Spanish crown. Just against Phillip II who also happened to be King of Spain.
@DaisyGeekyTransGirl2 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised this video was only four minutes and not a return to Ten Minute History given how fiendishly complicated this empire is.
@alejandroojeda15725 жыл бұрын
"Whose task It was, as prevoously said, to be bribed by the Habsburgs into electing them as emperor" pretty neat 🤣🤣🤣
@comradneptic47403 жыл бұрын
Wish I could have such a task irl, just chill an dbe paid to vote some jobbo who wants to be a ruler with bare minimum authority xD
@captaincookie27853 жыл бұрын
Timestamp for ya: 2:14
@johnlewis38912 жыл бұрын
@@comradneptic4740 I agree. I'd rather be an Elector-prince, ruling my principality and taking bribes for votes, than have to deal with the struggles that came with the imperial 👑.
@doktorzaivs6002Ай бұрын
It's funny because it's true
@genghiskhan57015 жыл бұрын
HRE 1800:Who are you? HRE 1200: I am you but is actually an effective state
@Gentleman...Driver3 жыл бұрын
Not really.
@chcookie78903 жыл бұрын
Hmm maybe not in the 13. century but the Otto-family did a pretty good job^^
@jonakolbe41203 жыл бұрын
@@chcookie7890 yeah and as soon as the austrians took over it all started to fall apart
@DonMadruga723 жыл бұрын
Austria is very professional in destroying Germany
@iafozzac3 жыл бұрын
@Renan_PS dude, be real, it doesn't even make it to the top 10. There are the actual Roman Empire at its peak, various Chinese dynasties, the French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English colonial empires, the US and USSR in recent history, the ancient Persian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the empire of Alexander the Great And you're trying to tell me that the early HRE was more powerful than all of those?
@deplatformedcrowprinceluna63393 жыл бұрын
Voltaire: **sighs while gently facepalming** “I told you and yet you never listened.” Napoleon: **pats Voltaire’s back** “Don’t worry, I fixed it.”
@wilsonelder52772 жыл бұрын
Voltaire: The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire Also Voltaire: A witty saying proves nothing Tells you all you need to know there.
@wilsonelder52772 жыл бұрын
Also, Napoleon didn't end the HRE. The last emperor Francis II (later Francis I of the Austrian Empire) dissolved the Empire so that Napoleon would not be able to assert control over imperial institutions and thus give his own self-proclaimed title of Emperor of the French more legitimacy.
@deplatformedcrowprinceluna63392 жыл бұрын
@@wilsonelder5277 I know, I’m just making it in a nutshell, jeez.
@ashleyfestoso41954 жыл бұрын
So how many kingdoms are in your empire? HRE: Yes
@Kaisarion19983 жыл бұрын
only 1 actually, or 2 depending on the year.
@vojintres71815 жыл бұрын
No wonder Emperor didn't have authority, since he can't get any Authority from Heretical Princes and the number of Princes.
@jamesquinton70705 жыл бұрын
vojintres eu4😂
@treerat76314 жыл бұрын
The empoer was basically a furiger head that was not able too do anything because the prices had too agree too it . Not HRE has 100's of states
@aq80484 жыл бұрын
tree rat76 Someone doesn’t play EU4
@treerat76314 жыл бұрын
@@aq8048 I dont play game
@aq80484 жыл бұрын
@@treerat7631 That's why you didn't understand the original post
@rfij32685 жыл бұрын
"It Just Works"- Charles V.
@afiffarhati45804 жыл бұрын
*KINGU KURIMESON!!!*
@MikoyanGurevichMiG214 жыл бұрын
16 times the taxation!
@economicapple26094 жыл бұрын
Or carlos the first
@olaff97714 жыл бұрын
I'm will become a Holy roman Emperor and everyone will respect me, they were like you dork go back to Spain, who's laughing now? Yes i was the King of Spain.
@rfij32684 жыл бұрын
@@olaff9771 - Todd V of Howard
@thebigmanskeet69693 жыл бұрын
"How did the HRE work?" Me: From my personal experience as an amateur CK player, I just let my vassals do whatever they want.
@oenrn3 жыл бұрын
"The Holy Roman Empire is neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire." - Voltaire
@MontChevalier3 жыл бұрын
No German agrees with this statement.
@hitsugayatoshiro95173 жыл бұрын
Ah french
@anothergermanmapper77543 жыл бұрын
@@MontChevalier Every German who went to School Agrees with that Statement. Like Bitch, you want to tell me that the Holy Roman Fuckfest is an Empire? Funny Joke.
@MontChevalier3 жыл бұрын
@@anothergermanmapper7754 Ok. Lets define an Empire. "A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority." Check, check and check. It was a large empire, it had different nations (Bohemians, Saxons, Franconians, Poles, Slavs, Italians, French, etc) and was ruled by the Emperor as the single supreme authority. And Holy wasn't applied to the Empire until 1157, under the reign of Frederick I. Before that it was just Roman Empire, which was a title given to Charlemagne in 800 as a rejection of Byzantium's empress, Irene. And certified by Byzantium when they granted Charlemagne the title Augustus. A Roman Imperial position, by the way. So you are either severely ignorant or you don't see the importance of history at all. And you leave it at that on purpose.
@AJMerrick5 жыл бұрын
How this clusterfuck survived for so long is amazing
@freekmulder36625 жыл бұрын
Wasn't a clusterfuck for about 600 years. The rest are amazing though
@minatodroger78905 жыл бұрын
When it started it was simple then yea it boggles the mind even napolean had to say nah fuck this.
@miguelmontenegro35205 жыл бұрын
Nothing with the name Roman in It goes down easely without a fight
@haldir31205 жыл бұрын
For the first couple of hundred years the map looked completely different. You had way less dutchies with separation based on the different tribes. With time the difference in the versions of German started to dimish and the 12 century a process of territorialisation started where borders were not anymore limited to tribial affiliations.
@haldir31205 жыл бұрын
For the first couple of hundred years the map looked completely different. You had way less dutchies with separation based on the different tribes. With time the difference in the versions of German started to dimish and the 12 century a process of territorialisation started where borders were not anymore limited to tribial affiliations.
@xhosagibran3705 жыл бұрын
“Elections weren’t opened to the public because that would be silly”. It’s sad but true.
@flamesofchaos135 жыл бұрын
@@primuspilusfellatus6501 The Electoral College voted in Trump...The Popular Vote went to Hillary. Same corruption different time and place. Also I don't give a fuck about either side I'm justing saying something like the Electoral College makes the very meaning of Democracy meaningless. Because the public no longer has a say just a few hundred rich bastards that WILL ALWAYS get bribed by someone. The public ain't fucked up the system is and it'll never change as long as fools keep defending it!
@vampirevore5 жыл бұрын
tbh the more i think about it the more i feel we shouldn't be led by the winners of essentially a nationwide popularity contest. people in government should be there because they know what they're doing, not because they managed to dupe the general public into buying whatever dreams they happen to have sold on the campaign trail. the majority of voters aren't really informed on actually policy issues beyond the narrow agenda of whatever flavour of corporate media they happen to tune into
@cv48095 жыл бұрын
@@flamesofchaos13 the public shouldn't have a say
@flamesofchaos135 жыл бұрын
@@vampirevore So you'd prefer the rich 1% always winning getting everything they want without a fight or debate...Because that's inherently more logical? Sure there's not countless examples of that form of tyranny in history! The system isn't wrong it's the corruption of it...The news only showing propaganda instead of the truth having been payed off by the rich, the lower class not rising up in any form to combat tyranny, the higher class just bribing this person and that person, the quality of the Character of politicians and presidents no longer meaning anything to the public or rich...Everyone just wants a blowhorn or puppet instead of a true fucking Leader! Extremism on all sides no one willing to compromise or even see their rivals as human beings! Politics are fucked because everyone has failed to keep a logical rational and principled head! EVERYONE...Meaning anyone you put your trust in you've already been played!
@markdillon75435 жыл бұрын
@@flamesofchaos13 Jew
@dmeads56632 ай бұрын
This is a perfect example of something that is obviously broken but defies reality and continues to still run
@jwil42864 жыл бұрын
Quick nitpick: George III was king of Great Britain and King of Ireland in the late 1700s; the U.K. didn’t exist until the 19th century.
@isaacrandomrussell56303 жыл бұрын
The 19th century, or the 1900’s? Because the 19th century is actually the 1800’s, so you would say the 20th century.
@jwil42863 жыл бұрын
The 1800s.
@rickstinkt99305 жыл бұрын
EU4 did a pretty good job at making this in-game
@DanierCZ5 жыл бұрын
Rick stinkt At least in the later years... early on it is a bit too decentralised... But I agree otherwise
@YagizBagdatli3 жыл бұрын
Couldve been much more complicated like Real life
@johanrosenberg63423 жыл бұрын
It's crazy really. Like sure, the game is based on history, but it must have been abstracted quite a bit, right? And the way they got certain details correct just feels erie to me for some reason. Maybe it's because it makes you question the accuracy of other mechanics?
@EpikGoat3 жыл бұрын
Ngl not a big fan of eu4. I like a lot of paradox games just not eu4
@zucced20873 жыл бұрын
@@johanrosenberg6342 certain details like what? I'm curious.
@ByzantineCapitalManagement5 жыл бұрын
Finally the Multinational Meme State of Europe which somehow outlasted most modern Nation states.
@andreacapuano5855 жыл бұрын
France still outlast the hre by a long shot
@jacobhess3n3275 жыл бұрын
It was pretty much a nation state, comprised of mostly the German Nation.
@meandmetoo84365 жыл бұрын
@@andreacapuano585 depends on when you place the birth of France but most would place it at the splitting of Charlemagne's empire. Except most of East and middle-Francia will become part of the HRE while west Francia would become France. The HRE is more recent than France but not by a long shot.
@andreacapuano5855 жыл бұрын
@@meandmetoo8436 by outlast i mean france is still there while the hre is not here. but if we use the birth of the france and compare that to the hre then yes, the hre outlast most of the state of that period. until a funny french guy with stomach problem show up
@freekmulder36625 жыл бұрын
@@jacobhess3n327 Back then the Germans could hardly be considered one nation. And even then you had Danes, Dutchies, Flemish, Walloons, Picardians, Swiss, Italians, Polish, etc. etc. I wouldn't call it a nation state by a long shot
@20quid3 жыл бұрын
It seems like a minor miracle that the entire thing was able to function as a state at all let alone for several hundred years.
@reddragon100 Жыл бұрын
1000 year
@jonyprepperisrael603 жыл бұрын
The unholy german confederation
@jokerguycz2 жыл бұрын
holy as in it had a lot of holes, roman as in roma like gypsies and empire as in vampire because it sucked the blood of its citisens.
@SiirCartierr5 жыл бұрын
Short Answer: It didn't Long answer: Well, you know it really didn't
@TheLovescream5 жыл бұрын
How could it exist for 800 years if it didnt?
@SiirCartierr5 жыл бұрын
TheLovescream It was such a mess that no one could dissolve it without fucking conquering it all
@arawn10615 жыл бұрын
@@TheLovescream because it didnt. Or well it did in the beginning under otto but it got decentralized over time It was more of an idea that this is *The* empire that would always remain and as stated in the video the states would join in the protect the whole
@090giver0905 жыл бұрын
@@TheLovescream It worked as well as any other feudal empire at the high middle ages. Worked less well after Emperors'stuggle against the Pope undermined imperial authority in late middle ages. It actually stopped working after 30 Years War when system described in the video had to be adopted.
@Siegbert854 жыл бұрын
It worked even in the end as a defensive confederation until Napoleon showed up and messed it up.
@tf26645 жыл бұрын
800-1806 only thousand year Reich ever lmao
@liolioos3 жыл бұрын
*Sad skinny mustache noises
@Mnnvint3 жыл бұрын
*Grumbling in Coptic*
@deisk27073 жыл бұрын
Adolf: I haven't managed to get mine survived for even 25 years.
@asdf1233113 жыл бұрын
Up until now, that is
@kingt02953 жыл бұрын
@@deisk2707 he barely made to to half of 25 years
@toastbreadz18313 жыл бұрын
When you let ai take control of peace treaties on hoi4
@CaptainBohnenbrot4 жыл бұрын
Talking about the HRE after the 30 years war is like talking about the black death of today. Of course it's still there, and it's kind of interesting, but that's not really what you wanted to hear about, is it?
@corin4925 жыл бұрын
You have focused on the late HRE when it was just a shell and the position of emperor was essentially ceremonial. Would be have been more interesting to hear more the medieval HRE which had more teeth
@Dennis-ed4ye3 жыл бұрын
@sneksnekitsasnek Somehwere during it's conquest Napoleon decided to abandon the HRE
@lukasosterloher91053 жыл бұрын
@sneksnekitsasnek Its hard to pinpoint the start of the decline. The most obvious choices are: 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia and end of the 30-years war, 1618 with the start of the 30-years war or 1517 with the start of the protestan reformation.
@arx35162 жыл бұрын
The HRE basically died with Barbarossa, he was forced to give huge autonomies to the italian cities, wich set a dangerous precedent. That's the reason why his grandson gave up on the empire and focused on the kingdom of Sicily, wich he could actually rule.
@KaotikBOOO2 жыл бұрын
The HRE has pretty much always been a mess in which the emperor had to lead his armies in internal conflicts way more than he could in external conflicts Someone could say that it was the same in all of Europe under feudalism which is true but even with the decline of feudalism in other kingdoms and rise of absolutism, the HRE stayed behind, dragging its anachronistic mess with it
@michaelbayer50942 жыл бұрын
I think the better way to view the HRE is as a means of extending Habsburg power, who had the support of scores (if not hundreds) of different Church estates. That hypothesis explains why Catholic France helps Protestant Germans in the 30 Years War, why Napoleon dissolves the HRE, and why Prussia is able to outmaneuver Austria in Germany after HRE is dissolved (and the power of the Church with it).
@steelnation51105 жыл бұрын
And Tyrion thought this would be a good idea for Westeros, smh 🤦🏻♂️
@alejandroojeda15725 жыл бұрын
And worse...there's people Who defend It 🤦
@090giver0905 жыл бұрын
@@alejandroojeda1572 it wasn't as bad of idea in GoT-equivalent times (14-15 century). Also United 7 kingdoms would share the fate of Austian Empire otherwise.
@jonahwiegand8275 жыл бұрын
@@090giver090 Westeros shares a common language and very similar cultures. The vast majority of Westeros is also united in religion except the North and the Iron Islands (both of which pursued peace). Martin didn't do enough to differentiate the various constituencies of the continent. Austria was an eruption of bile on an ethnic map of terrible geography.
@a2falcone4 жыл бұрын
The problem with the HRE wasn't that it was an elective monarchy. The problem was that, however the emperor was chosen, he had almost no authority.
@napolien13104 жыл бұрын
@Metsarebuff 22 actually Ironborn are considered first men. So three ethnicities
@Siegbert852 жыл бұрын
I wish there was an option to just filter out dumb comments like "it didn't" and "it was neither holy, Roman nor an empire". The level of intelligence within the comment section would immediately rise significantly.
@alteumaen48202 жыл бұрын
0:45 interesting how you can mostly see the borders of modern Germany in the parts not controlled by either
@manioqqqq Жыл бұрын
If you add Burgundy to 'em, then it will be (almost) the same
@LuizOSonicfanАй бұрын
Yeah, it is kinda ironic
@SuperBadadan5 жыл бұрын
People give the Holy Roman Empire a lot of shit and rightfully so, but it was a major reason why Germany ended up such a powerful nation.
@Gentleman...Driver3 жыл бұрын
In fact, it wasnt. The HRE was the main reason why Germany had just little to none colonies in overseas. The nationalist movement was only in the second half of the 19th century really present. Before the people didnt identify themselves even as German, but as Saxons, Bavarians, etc.
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
@@Gentleman...Driver Interesting fact: Many early American colonists, and even after the Revolutionary War, did not see America as a unified state or nation, but rather 13 different lands or republics (and similar to Germans of old, often identified as a Pennsylvanian, Virginian, etc.). Ben Franklin in his autobiography records Pennsylvania as being referred to as "that country" by Massachusetts natives. When I saw how loose the Holy Roman Empire was, I immediately thought of this.
@robinrehlinghaus19443 жыл бұрын
The medieval HRE was a lot better than the later HRE and doesn't deserve that shit
@Ghreinos3 жыл бұрын
@@Gentleman...Driver you are right with colonies, but because of the compition between the states, they always wanted to outclass each other. Germany was actually during this time period and during the Kaiserreich the biggest contributer to science, art and phillosophy. Also the Dukes, Counts, Kings, etc. build many universities and a huge industry.
@Gentleman...Driver3 жыл бұрын
@@Ghreinos Yes, but without unity it doesnt lead anywhere. ;)
@LeDoctorBones5 жыл бұрын
Napoleon waving in the outro really works for this video.
@BritishRepublicsn3 жыл бұрын
He’s waving goodbye to the HRE
@jirrocapillo87673 жыл бұрын
"Its long term weakness is not all to surprising." *shows Napoleon in the background*
@saxtonhalegaming2 жыл бұрын
The Virgin "Not Holy, Not Roman, Not an Empire" vs the Chad "Very Holy, Very Roman, and Very Empire"
@Gala-yp8nx5 жыл бұрын
"How did the Holy Roman Empire Work?" Poorly.
@miguelmontenegro35205 жыл бұрын
So much autonomy to the provinces, Constant war, treachery, crusades and herectics... The real 1000 years Reich was a Wonder to be seen.
@oc86365 жыл бұрын
Not really. The late HRE was garbage but in its early stages it was nearly impossible to invade it. Saying the HRE is shit is like saying: Well the Ottomen were shit because of the last 250 years of their 600
@carlosmarcial62014 жыл бұрын
@@miguelmontenegro3520 wars caused by France, and King Francis I of France allying with Ottomans (Turks) to not allow the growth and the development of the Holy Roman Empire.
@miguelmontenegro35204 жыл бұрын
@@carlosmarcial6201 The old tradition of splitting lands was their doom, sadly. Still held on for a huge spam of time. Germans for sure scare me sometimes.
@geordiejones56184 жыл бұрын
Lasted way longer than most nation states in Europe that exist today.
@mateuscaldeira-brantaraujo2275 жыл бұрын
"Holy Roman Empine begins em 962" *Charlemagme wants to know your location*
@kurniaerfan73075 жыл бұрын
Frankish Empire ≠ Holy Roman Empire
@thibaultletricheur18845 жыл бұрын
Francia wasn't the HRE; Charlemagne wasn't Holy Roman Emperor, he was Western Roman Emperor, "Serene Augustus, King of the Franks and the Lombards" HRE was created by Otto the First, Duke of Saxony. In both cases there was a "renovatio imperii" but these two empires were very different from each other.
@HGRvSBG5 жыл бұрын
@@kurniaerfan7307 @Kurnia Erfan Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the pope, like many after him. He was the first and founder. Really, either date could be correct. But I just consider it to begin with Charlemagne, since it morphed into the HRE and he was crowned.
@Siegbert854 жыл бұрын
@@thibaultletricheur1884 It's way more nuanced. The Holy Roman Empire wasn't "created". According to contemporaries the Roman Empire never ceased to exist. It just lacked an emperor in the West which it regained with Charlemagne. Otto I. took on the exact same role of Charlemagne. He was seen as the overlord of all of Christian Europe (at least the Catholic sector). It wasn't until much later that the now called "Holy Roman Empire" was mainly associated with the kingdoms the emperor actually ruled over: Germany, Italy, Burgundy.
@kamanashiskar92033 жыл бұрын
The Holy Roman Empire was founded after the collapse of the Frankish Empire.
@laurynassedvydis3202 жыл бұрын
Oh, and it gets more interesting if you go deeper. Quite a lot of constituent states of HRE had their own parliaments with differing power balances between estates. Wurtemburg, for example did not have the nobility in the parliament because the nobility chose to give their allegiance to the Emperor directly sometime in 1516 century, so it only had cities and clergy in the parliament.
@xXdnerstxleXx4 жыл бұрын
I don‘t think looking at the HRE just a couple of decades before it got dissolved, while it lasted almost a thousand years is an absolute terrible idea. The date you picked is even during the Enlightenment. This is more of an analysis on the death of the HRE than how it actually worked. How about looking at the HRE around 1500 or even before that?
@lunatm.42265 жыл бұрын
The HRE was an *EPIC BATTLE ROYALE* for rule over “Germany”
@fristnamelastname55495 жыл бұрын
😆
@g-forcefgt3234 жыл бұрын
And Prussia won
@J-IFWBR3 жыл бұрын
In the beginning this Roman Empire, It was only called Holy Later, wasn't necessarily German. Tschechs, Sorbes, Frisians, Slavs, Italians, and probably more lived within the Roman Empire. Sure it was dominated and maintained by a german aristocratic elite. But in its earlier stages, It realy was not based on an idea of German Nationality.
@user-ip5yc7bg2k3 жыл бұрын
@@g-forcefgt323 Not actually. The HRE was dissolved before Prussia united Germany. It’s more like a battle between the Habsburgs and the Prussians.
@XenoWalkerEVE5 жыл бұрын
The Virgin Holy Roman Empire vs The Chad Kaiserreich
@miguelmontenegro35205 жыл бұрын
Kaiserreich wished to have at least half the real 1000 years Reich history. Nothing with Roman in its name goes down easely without a fight.
@mikemcguffey64585 жыл бұрын
@@miguelmontenegro3520 Its sucks germany got called into ww1 they should have been nuetral they might have survived longer
@foooooof4 жыл бұрын
@@mikemcguffey6458 also, no hitler
@mikemcguffey64584 жыл бұрын
@@foooooof what?
@foooooof4 жыл бұрын
@@mikemcguffey6458 If germany had not participated in WW1, it would mean no treaty of versaille for germany, because it didnt lose. No treaty means no angry germans, means no people that would vote for hitler.
@killingragethrowback2 жыл бұрын
The more I learn about the HRE, the more I'm amazed the whole thing didn't self destruct sooner.
@jokerguycz2 жыл бұрын
it did not self destruct at all though...
@geraldwagner873911 ай бұрын
Four events killed the HRE. The reformation with the 30 years war in the aftermath, the rivalry between Austria and Prussia and then of course Napoleon, who gave the HRE the rest.
@BloodwolfTico2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos. The way they are edited, the fact that some are short and to the point (and some longer if you wish to learn more) and there is even some comedy in them!
@sirreal29634 жыл бұрын
I love how in theory king George could have Been holy roman emperor and king of the uk
@economicapple26094 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Wow.
@thunderbird19214 жыл бұрын
Maybe, but we must remember that unlike his grandfather and great grandfather, George III was born in and lived in Britain his whole life. It would have triggered HUGE controversy or uproar for a seeming outsider to be made the "emperor". I'm not sure if Prussia and Austria would have stood for it.
@sirreal29634 жыл бұрын
Thunderbird 1 yes true thats why I said “In theory”
@gaymermoment3 жыл бұрын
And Kaiser Wilhelm II could have also been the british king
@cs03453 жыл бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 Not really. It was extremely common for the ruling dynasty and king to not be from the lands they ruled over because of how succession worked. People generally did not care if the ruler didn't share the same culture as them
@jonbaxter22545 жыл бұрын
Petition to bring back 10 minute histories every other week
@ahorrell5 жыл бұрын
Nah I think I prefer the regular uploads. It took a bit of adjusting, but he clearly prefers this way, and I think I do too now
@andysorensen17375 жыл бұрын
Aaron H It also allows him to do more obscure/deeper topics that wouldn’t justify a full 10 minutes.
@sadiqar20055 жыл бұрын
A little offtopic but who else likes red from overly sarcastic productions big hair when she's in cartoon form.
@quuaaarrrk80563 жыл бұрын
"How did the HRE work?" We don't do that here.
@Mr_Socksnjocks2 жыл бұрын
My favorite period on Holy Roman politics will always be that time where the empire was pretty much split by the Wittelsbachs, Luxembourgs, and Habsburgs. With each one aligning their own princes holding electorates (with the exclusion of the Hapsburgs) and just general dynastic funtimes.
@michaelj1325 жыл бұрын
The HRE is a fascinating fantastic mess. This was a great video. If you have the time I would love to see more videos on its history and formation. Thanks!
@jonahwiegand8275 жыл бұрын
German Princes: Our ruler is merely first among equals chosen by his peers. Random inbreed guy: You don't vote for Kaisers!
@XMehrooz Жыл бұрын
Basically, The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire.
@eurodoc63432 жыл бұрын
One correction. George III wasn't king of Hannover until after the dissolution of the HRE. He was, however, the Prince-Elector prior to this.
@PMGF5 жыл бұрын
I was literally just thinking about this on the toilet then you uploaded the video...
@alexanderschulz21005 жыл бұрын
Hey, me too! 😅
@ccrozz995 жыл бұрын
PMGF i was in the toilet when i got the notification lol
@kostam.11135 жыл бұрын
Liar, give me the proof...
@someinsignificantguy44335 жыл бұрын
Wtf are you thinking on toilett XD
@adambergin39575 жыл бұрын
And we thought Yugoslavia was diverse 😂😂🤠
@jurisprudens5 жыл бұрын
Austria-Hungary: "Hold my Apfelstrudel!"
@090giver0905 жыл бұрын
As most of the HRE states were somewhat germans it wasn't as ethnically diverse as Yugoslavia.
@perfectpREdAtori5 жыл бұрын
@@090giver090 But it sure was culturally.
@musiclover1485 жыл бұрын
Somehow, the HRE lasted many times as long. Maybe because it almost universally shared a common language and religion. Yugoslavia did not.
@musiclover1485 жыл бұрын
Compulsory education is no match for the mother tongue spoken in the home and in the local culture, which is the natural "heart language" of every individual. Albanian, Greek, Slovenian, etc. Also, they had the religious tensions: Serbian Orthodox versus Catholic versus Muslim.
@Lyendith Жыл бұрын
Teacher: "And now for the geography lesson." Students: * cry in despair *
@spdutahraptor7773 жыл бұрын
The idea of explaining this clusterfuck in under 5 minuted is simply amazing dude...makes me wanna go play empire total war or something
@Santeri3495 жыл бұрын
1:07 George III was the *Elector* of Hannover. Hannover didn't become a kingdom until the dissolution of the HRE.
@herrwagnerianer17395 жыл бұрын
His official title was "Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire". A lot of people make this mistake nowadays, but the electoral title was never used in lieu of the actual title the person held for a particular territory. George III was Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and because of that he was also Elector of the HRE. Frederick II wasn't Elector of Brandenburg but Margrave of Brandenburg and because of that Elector of the HRE. If you wanna talk about the HRE, you must nitpick.
@kamanashiskar92033 жыл бұрын
I have a funny feeling that the British Parliament used this opportunity to weaken its rivals aka, France, Spain.
@olefredrikskjegstad59724 жыл бұрын
Voltaire's quote "Neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire" hit the nail on the head about the state of the HRE _when he said it,_ which was very late on in the HRE's existence. In its early days it could definitely have laid a genuine claim to being an Empire at the very least.
@daveunbelievable63132 жыл бұрын
it had a good claim to the holy bit, at least in the culture of the time, being the pope approved defender of catholicism. Ironic that the empire created in part by the pope so catholicism would be protected ended up giving rise to the reformation.
@seronymus2 жыл бұрын
Actually no and I say this as an Orthodox Christian. "Holy" refers to being partly theocratic (eg. sovereign bishops), "Roman" to its imperial pomp and circumstance and cultural claims, "Empire" to a multinational entity under one monarch. Voltaire was a proto-Redditor
@wilsonelder52772 жыл бұрын
Voltaire: The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire Also Voltaire: A witty saying proves nothing Tells you all you need to know there.
@fabrizio.guidi64 Жыл бұрын
voltarie could have said bullshit. it is history that defined it as the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
@lol-xs9wz10 ай бұрын
Voltaire can fuck off. It was holy, Roman and an empire.
@braindamage19732 жыл бұрын
So the history of the Holy Roman Empire can’t be summarized within one year of the Empire. Over the course of it’s existence there were many changes. The fact that it almost lasted 1000 years, whether you see Charlemagne or Otto as the first Emperor, means that the Empire had so many phases it would be impossible to sum it up in even 10-20 minutes.
@oliverdoodoo99913 жыл бұрын
The HRE works like a bag of skittles. They move around if you barely touch it, and some taste good and some taste bad.
@Safinitzine5 жыл бұрын
HRE: Almost 1000 years, guys! Yeah! Rome: Weakling.
@patriciabrizuela80745 жыл бұрын
Better than what Hitler and El Duche we’re trying to do
@adrianatgaming86405 жыл бұрын
lol rome lasted for 2206 years
@zarni0005 жыл бұрын
about the same time Rome itself lasted as caoital of the Roman Empire. we are not counting the eastern roman empire that was totally separated with a different capital.
@zarni0005 жыл бұрын
@@adrianatgaming8640 not quite
@TonyFontaine19885 жыл бұрын
@@zarni000 during the western Roman empires lifetime Constantinople was the capital after Constantine. Your anology doesn't make sense
@blakekendall52035 жыл бұрын
I like how the entire history of post Roman Europe up until democratic reforms can be summarized as, "Landed elite from various ethnic backgrounds from virtually every part of Europe took turns having absolute power over specific parts of Europe to a greater or lesser extent for about 1000 years".
@birbofhermes94722 жыл бұрын
“So, as of the late 18th century, the Holy Roman Empire was divided like this.” Me: Oh my god, what the hell happened!
@mivapusa4 жыл бұрын
I think it best described with an analogy. Imagine you need a shed built. You have 200+ workers, who could built the biggest, best shed in Europe. Problem is, all the workers keep trying to steal each other's lunch, and nothing gets done.
@murielcunningham87035 жыл бұрын
I like to think of the HRE as more of a kind of federation than an empire.
@Astropeleki4 жыл бұрын
I have recently read a few books about the HRE and their authors wrote entire paragraphs screeching at this definition 😂.
@Gamerguy8264 жыл бұрын
It's government was really not suitable to uphold the HRE and it was pretty lacking in terms of political consistency... so, yeah. Calling it a federation sounds sort of accurate to me.
@stefangrubesic27083 жыл бұрын
I would say not even a federation but a confederation 😅
@shawnv1233 жыл бұрын
but it was an empire
@Flight_of_Icarus5 жыл бұрын
"My name is Hanz and me and my brother Fritz two miles away are both princes in the HRE, and we're going to make drawing maps very difficult for the next couple hundred years or so"
@Caligulashorse14533 жыл бұрын
I’m trying to memorize every single territory in the Holy Roman Empire
@isaacrandomrussell56303 жыл бұрын
@@Caligulashorse1453 you should memorize every island nation first, that would prepare you a bit better.
@yalelingoz63463 жыл бұрын
I had wondered how the AHE was organised. But it was kind of impenetrable. Thanks you for explaining it.
@jackbrooking47545 жыл бұрын
“The not holy, not Roman, not imperial....... Holy Roman Empire”
@TrueRetroflection4 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the Velveeta of countries
@Siegbert854 жыл бұрын
That saying doesn't get any more original or true the more I hear it
@greaterFool37653 жыл бұрын
I never liked this quote, because it is only true for the late hre and even then it was still an Empire. But for the the first couple hundred years the name was simply correct. Of course it was holy, the Emperor was the defender of all christendom. And of course it was roman, the Emperor was crowned Caesar in Rom.
@DillsyYourDaddy673 жыл бұрын
Hendrik Lippka Arguably the Eastern Roman Empire was the defender of all Christendom since they held back the caliphates and Persians before them for centuries. Plus they were the remnants of the Roman Empire
@greaterFool37653 жыл бұрын
@@DillsyYourDaddy67 Not if you'd ask the popes who declared the Holy Roman Emperors defender of Christendom. It is a title after all, doesn't matter if you actually defend the Christians. And the Byzantines where not true Christians in the eyes of the west.
@Edmonton-of2ec5 жыл бұрын
Short Answer: No Long Answer: No, but more nuanced
@gabrielportillo25342 жыл бұрын
Thinking that puting that much kingdoms that are in that its amazing how long it last
@liamgavinwells2 ай бұрын
The reason why the HRE fell was because KellyMoneymaker wasn't supporting the channel at the time of this upload
@Alpha12005 жыл бұрын
2:20 - I was drinking as that joke was made and I almost spit ice tea all over my screen.
@JeroenDoes5 жыл бұрын
The netherlands where part of the HRE at one point. Which i find glorious. I like decentralisation but some aspects, things like defense and today eviroment and economie, need to be handled by a centralised power. Centralised where it must, decentralised where it can. One thing is certain no state must allow for its regions to be able to wage war on it.
@meandmetoo84365 жыл бұрын
Northern Italy was part of it as well.
@JeroenDoes5 жыл бұрын
@@meandmetoo8436 I heard from the tv that a large portion of northern Italy still feels more Austrian then Italian.
@meandmetoo84365 жыл бұрын
@@JeroenDoesonly South Tyrol. Which is not a large portion.
@JeroenDoes5 жыл бұрын
@@_das_phantom_9808 Oh I agree. local economies can do most of the work themselves. I meant things like international trade agreements and the like. Maybe "economie" was a bit to broad a term to use there.
@mikemcguffey64585 жыл бұрын
@@meandmetoo8436 Then and venice wants free from italy
@carsonianthegreat4672 Жыл бұрын
This is wildly inaccurate. The HRE was one of the most stable countries throughout the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era. Not only that, but it was the most powerful force in Western Europe for most of its history and was the center of European civilization for centuries.
@zap32313 жыл бұрын
How did the Holy Roman Empire work? *It didn't.*
@thezombiecreeper5 жыл бұрын
HRE in a nutshell: AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
@lindapgolan70705 жыл бұрын
The little characters giving each other side eye, coming down with a case of death, or running through a field of daisies i.e. why these cartoons are so special.
@hobowithashotgun482 жыл бұрын
Huh, today I learned that the nice little town of Wetzlar that is near the town of Giessen where I went to college is actually significant for something other than having the region's only Ikea store.
@NorybDrol822 жыл бұрын
I had a teacher in high school summarize the Holy Roman Empire as not being Holy, Roman, nor an empire. He went on to say it would have been a failed nation state had it been truly a nation or a state. This video seems to confirm that summary.
@Siegbert852 жыл бұрын
Seems that teacher likes to simplify things just for the heck of it
@koryos42732 жыл бұрын
Why isn't it holy? Why isn't it roman and why wasn't an empire? It was all of that. It was holy, because the german king only got the title of emporer through the coronation by the pope. It was roman, because it saw itself as the continuation of the roman empire, which was officially proofed and it was an empire. There is no doubt about that.
@precariousworlds3029 Жыл бұрын
I'd say it was Holy, Roman, and an Empire until about the 1200s
@NikolausUndRupprecht Жыл бұрын
Your teacher quoted Voltaire.
@nazeem86808 ай бұрын
I think the holy roman empire can best be compared to the modern european Union - not a state but not an organization/alliance either. something in between, consisting of independent member states who had some integration and a higher authority that had some legal and practical power over its member state.
@beni52235 жыл бұрын
You start as Austria conquer Ottomans add the lands to HRE boom you win
@phantomlordmxvi5 жыл бұрын
You start as Ottomans, switch religions and become emperor
@sharpfang3 жыл бұрын
You start as Poland, defend Austria from Ottomans, eveyone: Oh, free real estate [subdivides Poland between themselves]
@friedrichviktorvoneltz94523 жыл бұрын
@@sharpfang You start as the Great Horde, get provinces, raze them and return them and do it again. More money and more opinions too then get fucked by russia
@benashley29555 жыл бұрын
I'd love a video on the hapsburgs. they seem to pop up everywhere and you seem to assume a little knowledge of them from viewers but i'd never heard of them before watching your vids
@aaronmarks93665 жыл бұрын
This would be awesome, the Habsburgs actually have a super interesting history. Among other things they were Cortez and Pizarro's bosses during the conquests in America.
@seanw82263 жыл бұрын
At the time of their demise, the Habsburgs were the longest reigning royal dynasty in Europe. That's if you consider the House of Habsburg-Lothringen as a continuation of the House of Habsburg as most people do. Anyone who studies European history must have heard of them, that's why the narrator doesn't explain it. On a different note, the narrator does refer to the King of Hanover as a member of the HRE, which technically isn't correct as Hanover would have still been an electorate and didn't become a kingdom until after the Congress of Vienna.
@MrThebarron0072 жыл бұрын
it was HOLY, it was ROMAN and, it WAS an EMPIRE! And it was glorious.
@alexconti79324 жыл бұрын
If it lasted close to 1000 years, something must have been working.
@njujuwd34954 жыл бұрын
0:09 It didn't.
@mm2pixelАй бұрын
LMFAO
@arpitarunmishra5 жыл бұрын
I like how you ended the video with Napoleon at 3:54
@patstudios11844 жыл бұрын
Was it holy: Depending on what type of Holiness, Yes (or only at the beginning) Was it Roman: The Man with the Catholic hat said so, so it was for a time. Was it an empire: At the beginning, Yes. In the middle, somewhat with certain exceptions. In the end, no, not at all.
@swarren291311 ай бұрын
The HRE so reminds me of the territory system in American Wrestling
@n3v3rg01ngback5 жыл бұрын
It was like a union of European states, a European Union, if you will.
@elmartinux5 жыл бұрын
... and, like the European Union, it didn't work
@nedimbajgoric29095 жыл бұрын
elmartinux it protected the smaller states from foreign invaders just like the European union today is a counterbalance to US and Russia/china