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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Otto-I-e1478463586420.jpg1202804This election set the Holy Roman Empire apart from the Carolingian Empire and the rest of Europe. This strange political development would define the Holy Roman Empire and central Europe for centuries to come.