Did post-1000AD medieval western Europeans generally consider the Holy Roman Empire to be a continuation of the classical Roman Empire, a successor to it, or just a not-very-related state that had copied the name? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did post-1000AD medieval western Europeans generally consider the Holy Roman Empire to be a continuation of the classical Roman Empire, a successor to it, or just a not-very-related state that had copied the name?

by The_Manchurian

The_Manchurian

I'd also be interested to know what people in Charlegmagne's time thought of it, but I imagined that might well have a different answer.