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Large and powerful, but spent its time fighting itself and the Pope
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That sounds like the Holy Roman Empire.
Reason: it was a large, long‑standing political entity across much of central Europe but was highly fragmented—regional princes, dukes and free cities often fought one another—while its emperors repeatedly clashed with the papacy (the Investiture Controversy between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, later conflicts under Frederick Barbarossa, etc.).
Reason: it was a large, long‑standing political entity across much of central Europe but was highly fragmented—regional princes, dukes and free cities often fought one another—while its emperors repeatedly clashed with the papacy (the Investiture Controversy between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, later conflicts under Frederick Barbarossa, etc.).
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