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Holy Roman Empire

polity · 1000 AD–1782 AD

Holy Roman Empire, a polity recorded 1000 AD–1782 AD: 13 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1000 AD–1053 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1000 ADReligion: christianity.
1054 AD–1099 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1000 ADReligion: catholic.
1100 AD–1278 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1100 ADReligion: catholic.
1279 AD–1299 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1279 ADReligion: catholic.
1300 AD–1399 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1300 ADReligion: catholic.
1400 AD–1491 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1400 ADReligion: catholic.
1492 AD–1499 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1492 ADReligion: catholic.
1500 AD–1529 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1500 ADReligion: catholic.
1530 AD–1599 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1530 ADReligion: catholic.
1600 AD–1649 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1600 ADReligion: catholic.
1650 AD–1699 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 ADReligion: catholic.
1700 AD–1714 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1700 ADReligion: catholic.
1715 AD–1782 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1715 ADReligion: catholic.

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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