In the previous article about Germanic, I talked about the Roman Anlushans who entered the city of Rome in the 5th century AD, becoming the last straw that crushed and shattered the Western Roman Empire.

In the previous article about Germanic, I talked about the 5th century AD, the An Lushans (Germanic barbarians who gave Roman citizenship and guarded the border) broke into Roman City , becoming the last straw that crushed and shattered The Western Roman Empire . In the following hundreds of years, Germanic barbarians absorbed Roman culture , believed in Christianity, and then gradually transformed from barbarism to civilization. Finally, in 800 AD, the King of the Frankish Kingdom of Germans , that is, Charlemagne , was crowned by the Pope as "Emperor of Romans ", and the whole of Europe began to be considered stable and orderly.

But it's not long. In 814, Charlemagne's Great was hung. Its son Louis was particularly useless. By 843, no one of Louis's three sons had convinced each other, so he divided the entire Frank Empire into three. Western Frank later became France, Central Frank later became Italy, while Eastern Frank was the predecessor of Germany, Holy Roman Empire . So why do we say that Germany and France are feuds? This is the root of disaster that was laid when the Frank kingdom split. In the final analysis, everyone thinks they are Frank orthodox...

But with time, the West Frank gradually evolved into France. Because of its location in the Germanic region, they gradually began to popularize a common language called diutisc. Then diutisc evolved into Deutsch, which is German . And the Chinese Frank... let's not worry about it

(the green area above is the Germanic region in the 2nd century AD)

Back to the topic, didn't I always say that Germans can fight? Why is it so bad that the Holy Roman Empire, which inherited the Germanic region and the orthodox Roman Empire? Although it is large in territory, it belongs to a particularly lacking type of fat in the Medieval period to the first industrial revolution.

I think Shinra was killed by the word "empire". Why is it the only one called the "Holy Roman Empire", and places like Britain, France, Italy, etc. could only be called kingdoms at that time? Because Shinra's founder Otto I helped the pope resist Italy at that time, in order to express his gratitude, the then pope's Promise Twelve sent the title "Emperor of the Romans" to Otto .

But this name is actually useless, but instead makes German fall into long-term confusion. The "Roman Emperor" made Germany highly bound with Rome, which means that the Germans always followed Rome in the past, and their own national system was not perfected. On the other hand, the emperor was crowned by the pope, which made the imperial power shorter in front of the church power, which made the emperor subject to the pope.

The closer to the Pope, the further away it is from heaven. I guess Shinra empathizes with this.

At about 900-1000 AD, the so-called countries on the continent were still a mess. Although it was a feudal system, the king's rights over the feudal aristocrats were very limited. For example, the French kings were always tortured by the feudal lords, but it was during the long-term abuse that they began to centralize. Since the Capel dynasty, the kings boycotted the great nobles together with the city-states and civilians, and then gradually concentrated their rights.

Shenla was the same at first. The emperor could not control the great nobles under his command, but he failed to finally hold the power in his hands like the French king. Although he is the emperor, this emperor is not hereditary, but continues to use the electoral system. At that time, they had seven elected emperors, three of whom were regional bishops, and the other four were great feudal lords. What's the use of the emperor you chose? These seven people will definitely choose one that is beneficial to them, or simply choose one that will not threaten them to become the emperor.

So, even if your bloodline continues to be able to fight Germanic, France is also a descendant of Germanic. There are more Hungarian in the east.

The emperor was also incompetent, but was elected as a mascot.Therefore, Shinra failed to become a monarchical and centralized country like France. By the end of the 18th century, Shinra had more than 300 states and more than 1,000 independent Knight territories...

The emperor's false name brought the intervention of the pope, which also prevented the Holy Roman Empire from appearing in a centralized monarch. Without unified rights, there is no power to form a strong administrative system and army, so when the French had already begun to form an army loyal to the king, Shinra had to rely on mercenaries to fight. Even when Charles V , a big man with a backer on Habsburg, a king of Shinra, a king of Spain, a king of Italy, a king of Sicily, and a king of lowlands, crushed France with his absolute size, he relied on mercenaries to fight...

(the ruling territory of Habsburg during Charles V)

, said chapter 1, although Shinra is really bad, neither sacred nor Rome nor empire. But in the northeastern border of such a country, an army dressed in the cloak of a country appeared, and he was Prussia. Next article