Charles became king of Bohemia (1346), king of the Romans (1346), and later Holy Roman Emperor (1355), and promoted a concept of royal power based on respect for the sacred. Moreover, in the footsteps of his father, Charles combined the territorial gains in Silesia, as well as Upper and Lower Lusatia, and established the Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1348 – a political entity ruled by the King of Bohemia.
Prague as a new Rome
Charles realised early on that only a bet on the Czech lands as an economic base could bring him success in European politics. Therefore, he chose
