Re: Period after the Rmon Empire?

[clevin@ripco.com (Craig Levin)]

Poster: clevin@ripco.com (Craig Levin)

> Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>
> On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Dave Montuori wrote:
> > Is "Holy Roman Empire" a Renaissance term, or earlier? When did it come
> > into common use?
> 
> It's a medieval term.  I believe its first use was shortly after the 
> coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor, but don't quote me on that.

Personally, I could've sworn it was one of the Ottonians, about a
century or so after ol' Karl. I'll have to ask someone who's more
up on numismatics than I am on that.
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