Jiang Xueqin tells the entire story of humanity, from the Ice Age to the Pax Americana.
Curated by: Predictive History (63 videos)
Voltaire once wrote: "The Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” Historians often see this as a witticism. In this lecture to his Chinese high school students, Jiang Xueqin argues that Voltaire was right, and the Holy Roman Empire was a useful fiction created to legitimize the rule of Charlemagne and his successors.