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Civilization #34: The Useful Fiction of the Holy Roman Empire
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1:04:06Now PlayingVoltaire once wrote: "The Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.”
Historians often see this as a witticism. In this lecture to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin argues that Voltaire was right, and the Holy Roman Empire was a useful fiction created to legitimize the rule of Charlemagne and his successors.
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