Published 2011-01-01
“…The King of Bohemia was also the king or emperor of the Roman Empire from 1531; however, this in no way influenced the relation between the Bohemian Lands and the Empire in the
early Modern Period. It was not until the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, when the Habsburgs' diplomacy strove to enhance its influence among the Electors at the Imperial Diet (which was crowned with success in 1708), that we can see the special-purpose historical interpretation stating that the affiliation of the Bohemian Lands to the Empire had never been interrupted from the Middle Ages and the absence of the King of Bohemia at the Electors' sessions was explained as a consequence of the fact the king also held the office of the emperor. …”
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