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Aim: Why was France more successful at forming a unified nation-state than the Holy Roman Empire?

Aim: Why was France more successful at forming a unified nation-state than the Holy Roman Empire?. France: Unification and Communication Capetian Kings (Louis VI and Louis VII, 1100s) – Expansion from the Ile-de-France.

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Aim: Why was France more successful at forming a unified nation-state than the Holy Roman Empire?

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  1. Aim: Why was France more successful at forming a unified nation-state than the Holy Roman Empire? France: Unification and Communication • Capetian Kings (Louis VI and Louis VII, 1100s) – Expansion from the Ile-de-France. • Phillip II – Augustus (1180-1223): Gained territory from John I of England (his vassal in Normandy). • Expansion continues under Louis VIII (1223-1226), Louis IX (1226-1270) and Phillip III (1270-1285).

  2. France – Finance / Law and Justice • Phillip Augustus – Baillis and Seneschals • Louis IX – Establishes the Parlement of Paris (Supreme royal court)

  3. Holy Roman Empire • Otto I (936-973) • Autonomous princes and nobles • Effect of Henry IV and the Investiture Crisis on the Emperors. • Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) – Attempts at Centralization in Germany • Uses Swabia as his base • Landfrieden • Disastrous wars in Italy • Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1212-1250) – Attempts at Centralization in Sicily

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