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| At the time of Martin Luther's Reformation in 1517, this legitimizing principle was represented by the chief of the Habsburg family, the largest landlords on the continent, because the Roman Catholic Church (the second largest landlord) had conferred on him the title of Holy Roman Emperor. Western ceremony, such as that employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was likewise copied. Though the ``Shakespeare in Love'' star can project the rebel theologian's fierce moralism, fecund intelligence and subversive wit when called for, Fiennes is more prone to trembling, perspiring and sobbing his way through Luther's trials with the papacy, the Holy Roman Emperor and dark nights alone with his own tormented soul. |
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Holy Roman Emperor - sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire