Viscount James Bryce
The History of the Holy Roman Empire: 1st Century A.D. - 19th Century
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Table of Contents
Chapter II. The Roman Empire Before the Invasions of the Barbarians
Chapter III. The Barbarian Invasions
Chapter IV. Restoration of the Western Empire
Chapter V. Empire and Policy of Charles
Chapter VI. Carolingian and Italian Emperors
Chapter VII. Theory of the Mediæval Empire
Chapter VIII. The Roman Empire and the German Kingdom
Chapter IX. Saxon and Franconian Emperors
Chapter X. Struggle of the Empire and the Papacy
Chapter XI. The Emperors in Italy: Frederick Barbarossa
Chapter XII. Imperial Titles and Pretensions
Chapter XIII. Fall of the Hohenstaufen
Chapter XIV. The Germanic Constitution: The Seven Electors
Chapter XV. The Empire as an International Power
Chapter XVI. The City of Rome in the Middle Ages
Chapter XVII. The Renaissance: Change in the Character of the Empire
Chapter XVIII. The Reformation and Its Effects Upon the Empire
Chapter XIX. The Peace of Westphalia: Last Stage in the Decline of the Empire
Chapter XX. Fall of the Empire
Note C. On certain Imperial Titles and Ceremonies.
Note D. Lines contrasting the Past and Present of Rome.
Preface
The object of this treatise is not so much to give a narrative history of the countries included in the Romano-Germanic Empire—Italy during the middle ages, Germany from the ninth century to the nineteenth—as to describe the Holy Empire itself as an institution or system, the wonderful offspring of a body of beliefs and traditions which have almost wholly passed away from the world. Such a description, however, would not be intelligible without some account of the great events which accompanied the growth and decay of imperial power; and it has therefore appeared best to give the book the form rather of a narrative than of a dissertation; and to combine with an exposition of what may be called the theory of the Empire an outline of the political history of Germany, as well as some notices of the affairs of mediæval Italy. To make the succession of events clearer, a Chronological List of Emperors and Popes has been prefixed1.
Chronological Table of Emperors and Popes
| Year of Accession. | Bishops of Rome, or Popes. | Emperors. | Year of Accession |
| A.D. | B.C. | ||
| Augustus. | 27 | ||
| A.D. | |||
| Tiberius. | 14 | ||
| Caligula. | 37 | ||
| Claudius. | 41 | ||
| 42 | St. Peter, (according to Jerome). | ||
| Nero. | 54 | ||
| 67 | Linus, (according to Jerome, Irenæus, Eusebius). | ||
| 68 | Clement, (according to Tertullian and Rufinus). | Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian. | 68 |
| 78 | Anacletus (?). | ||
| Titus. | 79 | ||
| Domitian. | 81 | ||
| 91 | Clement, (according to later writers). | ||
| Nerva. | 96 | ||
| Trajan. | 98 | ||
| 100 | Evaristus (?). | ||
| 109 | Alexander (?). | ||
| Hadrian. | 117 | ||
| 119 | Sixtus I. | ||
| 129 | Telesphorus. | ||
| Antoninus Pius. | 138 | ||
| 139 | Hyginus. | ||
| 143 | Pius I. | ||
| 157 | Anicetus. | ||
| Marcus Aurelius. | 161 | ||
| 168 | Soter. | ||
| 177 | Eleutherius. | ||
| Commodus. | 180 | ||
| Pertinax. | 190 | ||
| Didius Julianus. | 191 | ||
| Niger. | 192 | ||
| 193 | Victor (?). | Septimius Severus. | 193 |
| 202 | Zephyrinus (?). | ||
| Caracalla, Geta, Diadumenian. | 211 | ||
| Opilius Macrinus. | 217 | ||
| Elagabalus. | 218 | ||
| 219 | Calixtus I. | ||
| Alexander
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