[DOC] [TLE] Holy Roman Empire - Wikipedia [PAR] The Holy Roman Empire (Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium) was a multi-ethnic 
complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle 
Ages and ... The precise term "Holy Roman Empire" was not used until the 13th 
century, but ... The empire never achieved the extent of political unification 
formed in... [DOC] [TLE] What does it mean to say that the Holy Roman Empire was neither ... [PAR] If I remember rightly it was Voltaire (1694-1778) who said this. By the late 
Eighteenth Century ... By the 18th Century when Voltaire came to make his 
famous neither Holy nor ... above-described Medieval view of the Holy Roman 
Empire as the temporal ... By Voltaire's lifetime, the Holy Roman Empire was no 
longer Roman... [DOC] [TLE] When Voltaire said that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy ... [PAR] Dec 17, 2013 ... ... nor an empire" was it a true assessment of the Holy Roman Empire? ... My own 
view is that Voltaire was largely correct when he said this. ... He is saying that the 
Holy Roman Empire was not holy, that it was not Roman ... Appointing church 
officials on the basis of politics does not seem like a holy practice. [DOC] [TLE] What's behind the joke "the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy ... [PAR] Jun 1, 2016 ... How did European powers view the militaries of the United States ... relationship 
was purely a partnership for political reasons, not the ... Holy: The Empire was, at 
Voltaire's time, not unified by religion. ... Why was the Holy Roman Empire seen 
as such, when it was neither holy, nor roman, nor an empire? [DOC] [TLE] Western Roman Empire - Ancient History Encyclopedia [PAR] Dec 1, 2011 ... The Roman Empire was not murdered and nor did it die a natural death; ... date 
for the end of the Western Roman Empire, that entity did continue on under the ... 
holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire and historians since Voltaire have agreed. ... 
abdicated the throne, Napoleon disassembled the existing political... [DOC] [TLE] Holy Roman Empire / Useful Notes - TV Tropes [PAR] The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (Latin: Imperium Romanum 
Sacrum ... The Empire was not officially described as "Holy" until the twelfth 
century, nor officially .... of over 300 sovereign kingdoms, duchies, free cities, and 
other entities. ... and Thirty Years' War effectively broke the Empire as a single 
political unit. [DOC] [TLE] The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor ... - The Free Library [PAR] 3) Does the quote accurately describe the events the Philosophe is discussing ... 
Was the HRE indeed neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire? ... emperor, to 
1806, the three aspects of the political entity possessed some significance, .... 
Since Voltaire's depiction of medieval Europe is largely negative, it is not 
surprising that... [DOC] [TLE] Holy Roman Empire - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Mar 5, 2014 ... Organizational structure of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Contemporaries did not 
quite know how to describe this entity either. ... des nations (1756), the French 
essayist and philosopher Voltaire described the Holy Roman Empire as an "
agglomeration" which was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.". [DOC] [TLE] Holy Roman Empire  MMORPG.com [PAR] Jul 20, 2009 ... Holy Roman Empire, political entity of lands in western and central Europe, ... 
From the 10th century, its leaders were German kings, who usually sought but did 
not always receive coronation as emperor by the popes in Rome. ... Voltaire's 
famous description of it as 'neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. [DOC] [TLE] Holy Roman Empire as a new civilization [Archive] - Civilization ... [PAR] The Holy Roman Empire lasted a good 1000 years, even though it was no ... I 
always thought that the Holy Roman Empire (which was neither holy nor Roman) 
to be .... and philosopher Voltaire described the Holy Roman Empire as an .... I 
knew

Question: Voltaire described this European political entity as not holy, nor Roman, nor an empire
Answer: Holy Roman Empire