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The Holy Roman Empire, to which this issue is dedicated, is sometimes confused with just the Roman Empire. And in general, with this supranational entity, which was founded by Otto I, everything is somehow confused and complicated. If it is primarily Germany (it is also called the First Reich), then why the Roman Empire? If this is an empire, why are emperors elected by electors? If they choose, why did one dynasty - the Habsburgs - rule for centuries? If the Habsburgs ruled, and Vienna was the capital, is it the same as Austria (the State of the Habsburgs)? We will talk about this, as well as the reaction of the Byzantine Empire to the appearance of a "competitor", the role of the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War, Voltaire's response and Napoleon's participation in the fate of the SRI in the new issue of WAS. #was #napoleon #germany THE SECOND REICH: • THE SECOND REICH. The empire that suffered a crash... https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wasmedia... - ???????? Support Ukrainian content and WAS / was_ua - Become our patron and support WAS ???? You can support once here - https://pay .fondy.eu/s/HKHHGqb (Apple Pay, GooglePay) ???? https://send.monobank.ua/jar/53dzHfuoNR - ???? Monobank for support 4149 6293 1802 4528 ????Privat Bank Our Telegram channel - https://t .me/wasmedia_ua For advertising integration issues, write to: [email protected] Or to Telegram: https://t.me/m_i_t_y_a Photos, illustrations and maps used: ziegelbrenner / CC BY-SA 3.0, Jaspe / CC BY- SA 3.0, Cameron Pauley / CC BY-SA 4.0, Alphathon / CC BY-SA 4.0, Astrokey44 / CC BY-SA 3.0, ziegelbrenner / CC BY 2.5, ziegelbrenner / CC BY-SA 3.0, Alexander Altenhof / CC BY-SA 4.0