19th Century · English
The Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, by James Bryce (1838–1922), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Preface to the Edition of 1904prose
- 02Preface to the Fourth Editionprose
- 03The Holy Roman Empire, Chapter I: Introductoryprose
- 04Chapter II: The Roman Empire Before the Entrance of the Barbariansprose
- 05Chapter III: The Barbarian Invasionsprose
- 06Chapter IV: Restoration of the Empire in the Westprose
- 07Chapter V: Empire and Policy of Charlesprose
- 08Chapter VI: Carolingian and Italian Emperorsprose
- 09Chapter VII: Theory of the Mediaeval Empireprose
- 10Chapter VIII: The Roman Empire and the German Kingdomprose
- 11Chapter IX: Saxon and Franconian Emperorsprose
- 12Chapter X: Struggle of the Empire and the Papacyprose
- 13Chapter XI: The Emperors in Italy: Frederick Barbarossaprose
- 14Chapter XII: Imperial Titles and Pretensionsprose
- 15Chapter XIII: Fall of the Hohenstaufen: Renewed Strife of Papacy and Empireprose
- 16Chapter XIV: The Germanic Constitution: The Seven Electorsprose
- 17Chapter XV: The Empire as an International Powerprose
- 18Chapter XVI: The City of Rome in the Middle Agesprose
- 19Chapter XVII: The East Roman Empireprose
- 20Chapter XVIII: The Renaissance: Change in the Character of the Empireprose
- 21Chapter XIX: The Reformation and Its Effects upon the Empireprose
- 22Chapter XX: The Peace of Westphalia: Last Stage in the Decline of the Empireprose
- 23Chapter XXI: Fall of the Empireprose
- 24Chapter XXII: Summary and Reflectionsprose
- 25Chapter XXIII: The Progress of Germany Towards National Unityprose
- 26Chapter XXIV: The New German Empireprose
- 27Epilogueprose
- 28Appendix, I.: Titles of Emperors.prose
- 29II.: The Crowns.prose
- 30III.: The King of the Romans (Römischer König).prose