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| Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Empire (The double headed Eagle with halos was used as a symbol of the emperor's authority.) |
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| The Holy Roman Empire had no permanent capital city for a long time, however Rome later became the capital, which then switched over to Vienna. |
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| Otto I (also known as Otto the Great) founded the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| The Holy Roman Empire had an authoritarian government with a hereditary ruler. |
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| The Holy Roman Empire existed from 962 to 1806. |
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| The Holy Roman Empire's territory laid mostly in Central Europe and at its peak included territories of the Kingdom of Germany, Kingdom of Bohemia, Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Burgundy. |
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| The war flag of the Holy Roman Empire. (Named the Reichssturmfahne) |
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| Map of the Imperial Circles of the Holy Roman Empire |
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| Map of the Holy Roman Empire (territory in 1789) |
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| The Holy Roman Empire was divided into dozens of individual entities governed by kings, dukes, counts, bishops, abbots and other rulers, collectively known as princes. Some areas were also ruled directly by the Emperor. |
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| The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire |
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| The Ending of the Holy Roman Empire |
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| On August 6, 1806, the last Holy Roman Emperor Francis II abdicated, following a military defeat by the French under Napolean thus causing the Holy Roman Empire to be encorporated into a new entity. |
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| The overall nature of the Holy Roman Empire changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period when the power of the emperor progressively weakened in favor of the princes, which later lead the empire to become quite close to a union of territories in its last centuries. |
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| The Holy Roman Empire's culture long fed off of previously learned German art and music. Nonetheless, after 1700, the growing German baroque style became ever apparent in the Empire. |
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| Coins used within the Holy Roman Empire |
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| Money increasingly became the common means to represent economic value, especially in agriculture. The concept of "property" began to replace more ancient forms of jurisdiction and peasants were increasingly required to pay tribute for their lands. |
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Königsthron Aachener Dom:
The throne of the Holy Roman Emperors at Aachen Cathedral |
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Goslar kaiserpfalz
One of the greatest imperial palaces of the Holy Roman Empire
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| The attire of the Holy Roman Empire's army men |
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Peter Paul Rubens - The Adoration of the Magi
Painting from 1624 displaying the baroque style that became very popular in the Holy Roman Empire. |
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