The Holy Roman Empire in conservative political thought by Reho, FO

“…National conservatives celebrated the medieval Empire of the Hohenstaufen as the archetype of a united and powerful Germany that embraced its role as the continent’s hegemon. The former were influential in early conservative defences of the Empire’s constitution, in mid-19th century plans to build up the German <em>Bund</em> into a multinational Central European federacy and in 20th century Catholic conservative and Christian democratic Europeanism. …”