Holy Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE designation for the political...to Carolingian theory, the Roman Empire had merely been suspended...the abdication of the last Roman emperor in 476. In 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Roman emperor, probably perceived...emperor was known as king of the Romans, a title that asserted his...