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How exactly did the Holy Roman Empire maintained control for so long despite looking like a fragmented mess when you look at it in the maps?
When you look at old maps of the Holy Roman Empire, especially those during the medieval period, it looks so fragmented like a patchwork of jigsaw puzzles that you almost run out of color to distinguish each piece.
How exactly did it's (central) rulers maintained control over so many (and I assume contending) states with each having their own sets of ruling nobilities for so long.
u/kid-dynamo- — 3 days ago