Sveto Rimsko Carstvo – razlika između verzija

Sveto rimsko carstvo je kao svoga osnivača uzimalo [[Karlo Veliki|Karla Velikog]], kralja Franaka, koga je papa Lav III okrunio kao Cara Rimljana na Božić 800. godine.<ref name=Bryce>Bryce, [http://books.google.com/books?id=O8cQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false pp.&nbsp;2–3]</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Heer |first=Friedrich |title=The Holy Roman Empire |publisher=Frederick A. Praeger |location=New York |year=1967 |pages=1–8 |isbn=978-0-297-17672-5}}</ref> Tim krunjenjem je obnovljeno [[Zapadno rimsko carstvo]] pod žezlom kralja Franaka.<ref>Davies, pp.317,1246.</ref><ref>Martin Arbage, "Otto I", in [http://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia''], Volume 2 (Routledge, 2004), p. 810: "Otto can be considered the first ruler of the Holy Roman empire, though that term was not used until the twelfth century."</ref> Krunjenje Karla Velikog je ostala osnova Svetog rimskog carstva , bar u teoriji, sve do njegovog kraja 1806. godine.<ref>{{citation|author=Norman F. Cantor|title=Civilization of the Middle Ages|year=1993|pages=212–215}}</ref> and beginning a continuous existence of the empire for over eight centuries.<ref name=Gascoigne>{{cite web|author=Bamber Gascoigne|url=http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=aa35|title=History of the Holy Roman Empire|website=HistoryWorld}}</ref><ref>Norman Davies, A History of Europe (Oxford, 1996), pp.&nbsp;316–317.</ref><ref>While Charlemagne and his successors assumed variations of the title ''emperor'', none termed themselves ''Roman emperor'' until Otto II in 983. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269851/Holy-Roman-Empire/10156/Nature-of-the-empire Holy Roman Empire], Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 15 February 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite book | last= Pagden | first = Percy | title = World's at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West | publisher = Random House | year = 2008 | edition = First | page = 147 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last= Bryce | first = James | title = The Holy Roman Empire | publisher = Macmilan | year = 1968}}</ref><ref>[http://roberthorvat30.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/christmas-day-rome-800-ad-great-empires/ Christmas Day, Rome, 800 AD (Great Empires)]</ref>

Karolinška carska kruna je bila predmet rasprava između karolinških vladara Zapadne i Istočne Franačke, gdje je prvo zapadni kralj (Karlo Ćelavi) a nakon njega istočni (Karlo Debeli) nosio naslov Cara Rimljana. Ipak nakon smrti Karla Debelog 888. godine Karolinško carstvo se raspalo i nikada se poslije nije ujedinilo, a titulu Cara okrunjenog od strane Pape priznavali su samo u Italiji. Posljednji takav vladar je bio Berengar I koji je umro 924. godine.<ref>{{cite book | last= Pagden | first = Percy | title = World's at War: The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West | publisher = Random House | year = 2008 | edition = First | page = 147 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last= Bryce | first = James | title = The Holy Roman Empire | publisher = Macmilan | year = 1968}}</ref>