How did the Holy Roman Empire Work? (Short Animated Documentary)

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How did the Holy Roman Empire work? It was an antiquated mess but it did have a system of government that did work. Sort of. If everyone felt like it.

Sources:

Prussia's Relations with the Holy Roman Empire, 1740-1786 by Peter H. Wilson.

Benjamin Franklin, Student of the Holy Roman Empire: His Summer Journey to Germany in 1766 and His Interest in the Empire's Federal Constitution by Jürgen Overhoff.

The Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire after 1648: Samuel Pufendorf's Assessment in His Monzambano by Peter Schröder.


Bolstering the Prestige of the Habsburgs: The End of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 by Peter H. Wilson.