Kelly Lemieux’s Reviews > Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire > Status Update

5 percent of the way thru this mega-tome on Byzantium's re-risen imperial partner, the Holy Roman Empire, what I am calling the New Western Roman Empire, Byzantium being the Eastern Roman Empire. Apparently, the eccliestical administration took over from the civil administration during the Dark Ages. Emperor and Pope, dancing cheek-to-cheek (when they were not at each other's throats like vampyre bats.) History lives