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12: Habsburg Curiosity

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The History of the Holy Roman Empire

The idea that there is an emperor is revived in the west with the kingdom of the Franks. The Habsburgs are going to claim superiority of other families largely by being Holy Roman emperors. This goes back to Odekarp Shemsoul II and the great Czech kingdom of the Middle Ages. I mean, this class is not about this, but by rights, you could say, the Czechs probably should have been the dominant power in Eastern Europe.

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