The object of this books is not so much to give a narrative history of thecountries included in the RomanoGermanic Empire Italy during the MiddleAges Germany f... » 

The object of this books is not so much to give a narrative history of thecountries included in the RomanoGermanic Empire Italy during the MiddleAges Germany from the ninth century to the nineteenth as to describe theHoly Empire itself as an institution or system the wonderful offspring of abody of beliefs and traditions which have almost wholly passed away from theworld. «