...but a Holy Roman Empire whose fabric they had spun out of their own imagination. Voltaire's remark that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire, was not always as true as it was in the eighteenth century. There were times when it was an empire;...

...would seem far more consistent than that enjoyed by Francis II. For, to use the epigram of Voltaire, " The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire." The sovereign of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is also sovereign of what is called the...

...Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Metropolitan District Commission, 20 Somerset Street, Boston. Significance. The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on nearby Breed's Hill, June 17, 1775. It was the first full-scale action between American militia and British regulars following...

...Massachusetts A Location: Suffolk County, Breed's Hill, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Charlestown. Ownership: The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on nearby Breed's Hill, June 17, 1775. It was the first full-scale action between American militia and 2,400 British regulars...

...greatly in power after the sixteenth century. + The eighteenth-century French author VOLTAIRE once wrote that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, Roman, nor an empire." homage Under FEUDALISM, the personal submission of a VASSAL to a lord, by which the vassal pledged...