Table of contents : Introduction - What was the Holy Roman Empire? 1:Roman Empire and German Kingdom: From Charlemagne to the Ottonians 2:The High Medieval Empire: From the Salians to the Hohenstaufen 3:The Later Medieval Empire: The emergence of the Habsburgs 4:The Early Modern Empire (1): From Maximilian I to the Thirty Years War 5:The Early Modern Empire (2): From the Peace of Westphalia to 1806 Conclusion: The Legacy of the Holy Roman Empire