Before revision: Among important qualities of the Empire was also the caesaropapism, the subjugation of church to the state.Angelov 2003, pp.4–5 Byzantinism in Germany According to the Polish historian Feliks Koneczny German culture is deeply rooted in byzantinism .
After revision: , with this phenomenon (which Koneczny calls German Byzantinism ()) starting with the formation of the Holy Roman Empire and the adaptation of Byzantine theories concerning political rule on to German lands by Otto I and subsequent Holy Roman EmperorsAmong important qualities of the Empire was also the caesaropapism, the subjugation of church to the state.Angelov 2003, pp.4–5 Byzantinism in Germany According to the Polish historian Feliks Koneczny German culture is deeply rooted in byzantinism .