HIS243H1 Lecture Notes - Habsburg Monarchy
Document Summary
City of florence merges into the duchy of tuscany. Holy roman empire a loose confederation of german states under one emperor not really an empire emerged in 800 and goes (tries to, anyway) to rome of antiquity. Contestation of power there is power associated with holy roman emperor, so people want to elected to the position elect and serve till the end of your life. Key period for holy roman empire in the renaissance napoleon ends the holy. Roman empire and only fragments carry on late 15th c. to early 17th c. The empire exists for about 100 years. Origins and constitution - hapsburg dominance, decline of the holy roman empire. Origins: loose federation with elected emperor; elected by people selected from the. Golden bull (1356) seven electors; three were religious figures, four were state rulers: religious figures were archbishop of mainz, cologne, trier, state rulers were from palatinate, bohemia, brandenburg, saxony.