Translatio imperii
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Translatio imperii is a historiographical concept that was prominent among medieval thinkers and intellectuals in Europe, but which originated from earlier concepts in antiquity. According to this con
One of the Efigies de los incas o reyes del Perú, in which the Kings of Spain are portrayed as heirs to the rights of the Inca Emperors
Holy Roman Empire
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The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity comprised of and controlling much of Central Europe and Western Europe, headed by the Holy Roma
Translatio imperii
…imperium that invests supreme power in a singular ruler, an "emperor", or sometimes even several emperors (e.g. the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Holy Roman Empire). The concept is closely linked to translatio studii, the geographic movement of learning. Both terms are thought to have their origins in the second…
The Holy Roman Empire during the Ottonian dynasty
Henry begging Matilda of Tuscany and Hugh of Cluny in Canossa Castle (miniature in an illuminated manuscript kept in the Vatican Library, 1115)
Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor