Have you ever heard of the separation between church and state? In the middle ages this did not exist yet. The Pope was more powerful than the emperor.
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Time of cities and states
Tag: State formation
State-building is the process by which a political centre exercises authority over territorial units and the populations living within these territories.
What do you say; do you live in the Netherlands or in Holland? There's a difference. If we go back in time we see that Holland was ruled by Dutch graves.