Examples of Holy Synod in the following topics:
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- In 1721, he established the Holy Synod (originally the Ecclesiastical College)
that replaced patriarchy altogether.
- The Synod changed in composition over time, but basically it remained a committee of churchmen headed by a lay appointee of the Emperor.
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- The term Holy Roman Empire was not used until the 13th century and the office of Holy Roman Emperor was traditionally elective, although frequently controlled by dynasties.
- The Habsburgs held the title of Holy Roman Emperor between 1438 and 1740, and again from 1745 to 1806.
- The End of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire
- At the turn of the nineteenth century, the Holy Roman Empire underwent significant changes.
- This confederation, under French influence, put an end to the Holy Roman Empire.
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- The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars between various Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmented Holy Roman Empire between 1618 and 1648.
- The war began when the newly elected Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, tried to impose religious uniformity on his domains, forcing Roman Catholicism on its peoples.
- The Holy Roman Empire was a fragmented collection of largely independent states.
- The Peace of Augsburg (1555), signed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, ended the war between German Lutherans and Catholics.
- Religion in the Holy Roman Empire on the eve of the Thirty Years' War.
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- The office of Holy Roman Emperor was traditionally elective, although frequently controlled by dynasties.
- The Holy Roman Empire was not a highly centralized state like most countries today.
- In 1516, Ferdinand II of Aragon, grandfather of the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, died.
- The Holy Roman Empire after the Peace of Westphalia, 1648.
- Describe what happened to the Holy Roman Empire in the aftermath of the Protestant Reformation
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- Over a four-year period, the warring parties of the Thirty Years' War (the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Sweden) were actively negotiating at Osnabrück and Münster in Westphalia.
- The three treaties involved were the Peace of Münster (between the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of Spain), the Treaty of Münster (between the Holy Roman Emperor and France and their respective allies), and the Treaty of Osnabrück (between the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden and their respective allies).
- The peace negotiations involved a total of 109 delegations representing European powers, including Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, Philip IV of Spain, the Kingdom of France, the Swedish Empire, the Dutch Republic, the Princes of the Holy Roman Empire and sovereigns of the free imperial cities.
- The power taken by Ferdinand III in contravention of the Holy Roman Empire's constitution was stripped and returned to the rulers of the Imperial States.
- the Treaty of Münster between the Holy Roman Emperor and France was one of three treaties that made up the Peace of Westphalia
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- The formation of the Holy Roman Empire was initiated by Charlemagne's coronation as "Emperor of the Romans" in 800, and consolidated by Otto I when he was crowned emperor in 962 by Pope John XII.
- The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.
- Otto II succeeded him as Holy Roman Emperor.
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- The family supported the Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire during the 12th to 15th centuries, being rewarded with several territorial grants.
- The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806.
- Its ruling margraves were established as prestigious prince-electors in the Golden Bull of 1356, allowing them to vote in the election of the Holy Roman Emperor.
- Prussia, unlike Brandenburg, lay outside the Holy Roman Empire, within which only the emperor and the ruler of Bohemia could call themselves king.
- Explain who the Hohenzollerns were and the progression of their relationship with and status within the Holy Roman Empire.
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- The Holy Roman Empire was not a highly centralized state like most countries today.
- In the Holy Roman Empire, the main dukes and bishops of the kingdom elected the King of the Romans.
- The Hohenstaufen-ruled Holy Roman Empire and Kingdom of Sicily.
- This map shows the patchwork of relatively-autonomous principalities that made up the Holy Roman Empire.
- Explain the relationship between the Holy Roman Emperor and the other German nobles