Charlemagne’s successors built what came to be known as the Holy Roman Empire. Between 962 and 1806, it would control most of modern-day Germany and portions of modern-day France, Italy, and ...

Old Maps Online lets you find your way around 17th century Holy Roman Empire It's the single largest online collection of historical maps. Curt Hopkins – Mar 7, 2012 6:21 pm | 24 ...

Whaley, by contrast, salutes Westphalia for creating a system that would last a further 160 years until Napoleon’s army wrecked the Holy Roman Empire once and for all in 1806.