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The Holy Roman Empire
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Directions: (1) Use context clues, your background knowledge, the word bank, and the process of
elimination to fill in the blanks below. (2) Answer the questions as they occur. (3) Complete the
bubblemap. (4) Write a one paragraph summary of this reading.
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The Holy Roman Empire was a complex of territories
in central Europe that developed during the Early
Middle (1) _______________. It was an attempt to
resurrect the Western empire of Rome. In 800 A.D.,
Pope Leo III crowned the Frankish king Charlemagne
as the first Holy Roman Emperor, reviving the title
more than three centuries after the fall of ancient
(2) _______________. Charlemagne was made a saint
for his service to the church. The term Holy Roman
Empire was not used until the 13th century, but its
emperors ruled with the understanding that he held
power inherited from the emperors of Rome. The
Holy Roman Empire lasted for (3) _______________
centuries.
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How was the Holy Roman Empire like the
ancient Western Roman Empire?
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The Kingdom of Germany was the (5) _______________ of the empire’s numerous territories. In the
12th century, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa greatly extended the empire’s power. Holy
Roman Emperors were usually elected, but several family dynasties held the (6) _______________. The
Habsburg Dynasty produces a series of Holy Roman Emperors beginning in the 15th century. In the 16th
century strategic marriages gave the Habsburgs authority over the empires of Spain and the
Netherlands. The Holy Roman Empire was never a politically unified nation. It was a decentralized,
limited, elective (7) _______________. The empire was made up of hundreds of principalities, duchies,
counties, and other domains. The power of the emperor was limited, and while its various kings,
princes, and lords owed allegiance to the emperor, within their territories they were sovereign. The
empire had no official capitol, but its emperors usually ruled from their (8) _______________.
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List two conditions that limited the power of Holy Roman emperors.
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When choosing a new emperor, the German prince-electors first elected one of their peers as the “King
of the Romans.” The Pope would then (11) _______________ that ruler as the Emperor. In this way
both the secular royalty and the pope confirmed new emperors. In the Holy Roman Empire, civil
authority and church authority clashed at times, but the (12) _______________ usually won. During this
period Catholic popes wielded the most influence, and the papacy’s power has at its height. For most of
the empire’s history, until the 16th (13) _______________, popes literally laid the crown upon the heads
of Holy Roman emperors.
14-15 What does the author suggest is the reason that popes stopped placing crowns on the heads of
Holy Roman emperors?
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What evidence in the text supports your answer? (Quote the relevant portion of the text.)
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Late in the period of the Holy Roman Empire, a growing
number of Christians grew uneasy with the dominance,
teaching, and (16) _______________ of the Roman Catholic
Church. In the 1500s, Martin Luther launched the
Protestant Reformation. Protestant teachings led to the
development of new churches (17) _______________ of the
Catholic system. The Holy Roman Empire continued to hold
power after the Reformation, but the seeds of its demise
had been sown. (18) _______________ the Reformation,
the Church’s influence waned. Martin Luther and other
Reformers transformed the way (19) _______________ was
practiced in the Holy Roman Empire. Europe was emerging
from the Middle Ages. The last emperor, Francis II,
dissolved the empire on August 6th of 1806 after he was defeated by (20) _______________ at the
Battle of Austerlitz.
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In what way could one argue that the Holy Roman Empire was destroyed both from the inside
and from the outside? Explain.
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Why are Martin Luther and his followers called Protestants?
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Directions: Complete the bubblemap by entering key terms from the reading in the circles below.
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Directions: Write a one paragraph summary of the reading. Your paragraph must include four
sentences and all of the key terms from the bubblemap above.
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