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The Holy Roman Empire

Economy

By: Anna, Amanda, Devin, And Jay

The Lesser Nobles

The Protestant Reformation

The Prelates/Clergy

It was started by Martin Luther. The Protestant Reformation was started so that Christians could be free of the Pope and Catholicism and so that there were more than one religion in Europe.

•Was to lose its place as the intellectual authority

•Some bishops, archbishops, abbots and priors exploited their subjects as ruthlessly as the regional princes did. The Catholic institution employed the ostensible authority of religion as their main device to extort their riches from the people

•Directly taxed people

•Fabricated materials

•Sale of indulgences

The Princes

•The progress of late medieval industry was enough render the lesser nobility and the Knights obsolete

•Introduction of military science and the growing importance of gunpowder and infantry diminished their role as heavy Calvary while reducing the importance of their castles

• Luxurious lifestyle drained what little income they had as the prices continually raised

•Often in debt of the town

•Knights plundered their territory, robbed the merchants and held prisoners for ransom

The curency

The currency of The Holy Roman Empire was all in coins they didn’t have bills like we have today their coin of most value was the Reichs-Ducat and the coin of least value was the Kreutzer.

•Served as the centralizers of their territory

•Had the right to levy taxes and borrow money as they needed

•Military forced the princes to continually raise cost of living for subjects

•Lesser Nobility and the Clergy paid no tax, were often on side with the princes’

•Often attempted to force freer peasants into serfdom through increasing taxes and by introducing the Roman Civil Law

•Under that law, the peasants could have done a little more than resist

•Prince then had control of them and could punish them with putting out eyes and chopping off fingers

The prices of items

Trade

Calf: 1 Reichsthaler

Cow: 9 Reichsthaler

Books: 1 Reichsthaler (books were more expensive when they were printed in French)

Sheet music: 1 Reichsthaler per composition

Fortepiano: 115 Reichsthaler

Harpsichord: 65 Reichsthaler

Lute: 21 Reichsthaler

Spinet: 3 Reichsthaler

Fancy violin: 8 Reichsthaler

Normal violin: 2 Reichsthaler

Two person transport: 5 Reichsthaler

Two person three horse transport (Fancy): 8 Reichsthaler

University: a student can live comfortably on 200 Reichsthaler a year

The Holy Roman Empire used the Black Sea to transfer their goods.

Q: What did they trade?

A:They traded sweat wine, food, jewels, spices, clothing, and coal.

Q: How did they trade?

A: The Holy Roman Empire had to sail across the black sea to trade with China, until the Romans made the Silk Road which made it easier to trade with the closer countries.

The bad thing about the Silk Road for the Holy Roman Empire was that they couldn’t use the Silk Road to get to the countries that were father away. They used camels and horses to travel the Silk Road.

The Holy Roman Empire's Flag

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The Patricians

•populations rose, the town patricians were confronted with increasing opposition

•town council, administrative offices

•wealthy families

•Similar to the power of the princes, they could gain revenues from their peasants in any way possible

•Road, bridge, and gate toll were allowed from them

•Tax was exact

•Accounts in town books, neglected

•Became richer

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The Social Classes

The Wages of the people

•The Princes

•The lesser Nobles

•The Prelates

•The Patricians

•The Burghers

•The Plebeians

•The Peasants

Civil Servant: 160 Reichsthaler yearly

Author: Compiling dictionaries – 2 ½ Reichsthaler per one about 12 1/2 inches by 15 inches page while making a political dictionary. That was regular wages.

Writing novels – 2 Reichsthaler per one 7 inches by 10 3/4 inches page of a book. That was an extraordinary salary.

Librarian: 400 Reichsthaler yearly

Musician: Kapellmeister – 200 Reichsthaler per performance

Musicians (meals included) – 150 Reichsthaler per performance

Professors: 800 Reichsthaler per annum

Servant: Barber – 50 Reichsthaler yearly

The Peasants

The Burghers

•Lowest strata of the classes

•Supported all other classes, tax, agriculture, livestock

•Property of whomever bought them

•Lords could use their lands as pleased

•The town patricians became progressively more criticized by the growing burgher class

•Growing wealth

•Worked as merchants

•Held administrative offices

•Ill will in this class

•Owned his/her own workshop and tools

The Geography

The Holy Roman Empire was said to be Europe’s greatest state. The Heart of the Holy Roman Empire was Germany. The most important states belonged to the seven electors The Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the King of Bavaria, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, and the 3 Archbishops of Mainz, Trier, and Cologne; these seven men were chosen to pick new Holy Roman Empires new Emperor.

The Plebeians

•Were the new class of urban workers, journey men and vagabonds

•No property

•Landless, right less, and testament to the decay of feudal society

•The existing hierarchical authorities of that time was the quickest to put down such explosive ideas, all pose the greatest threat to their traditional authority

Intresting Fact:

The Ruler

The Holy Roman Empire was not powerful at all in the 16th century.

Charles V ruled from 1500-1558 and was the one who united the Imperial Crown which consisted the Duchies of Burgundy and Brabant, the Duchy of Milan, the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, and the Crown of Spain. But being unable to run the Spanish and Holy Roman Empire he was stripped of the Crown for Spain. King Charles V is best known for opposing the Protestant Reformation.

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