thumb|right|alt=Map of Central Europe|A map of the Holy Roman Empire in the 10th and 11th centuries: Germany (blue), Italy (grey), Burgundy (orange to the West), Bohemia (orange to the East), Papal States (purple).
thumb|r.ight|alt=Map of Central Europe|A map of the Holy Roman Empire in the 10th and 11th centuries: Germany (blue), Italy (grey) Burgundy (orange to the ,West), Bohemia (orange to the East), Papal States (purple)