<P> Bohemia prospered in the 14th century, and the Golden Bull of 1356 made the king of Bohemia first among the imperial electors, but the Hussite revolution threw the country into crisis . The Holy Roman Empire passed to the Habsburgs in 1438, where it remained until its dissolution in 1806 . Yet in spite of the extensive territories held by the Habsburgs, the Empire itself remained fragmented, and much real power and influence lay with the individual principalities . In addition, financial institutions, such as the Hanseatic League and the Fugger family, held great power, on both economic and political levels . </P> <P> The kingdom of Hungary experienced a golden age during the 14th century . In particular the reigns of the Angevin kings Charles Robert (1308--42) and his son Louis the Great (1342--82) were marked by success . The country grew wealthy as the main European supplier of gold and silver . Louis the Great led successful campaigns from Lithuania to Southern Italy, and from Poland to Northern Greece . </P> <P> He had the greatest military potential of the 14th century with his enormous armies (often over 100,000 men). Meanwhile, Poland's attention was turned eastwards, as the union with Lithuania created an enormous entity in the region . The union, and the conversion of Lithuania, also marked the end of paganism in Europe . </P> <P> Louis did not leave a son as heir after his death in 1382 . Instead, he named as his heir the young prince Sigismund of Luxemburg, who was 15 years old . The Hungarian nobility did not accept his claim, and the result was an internal war . Sigismund eventually achieved total control of Hungary and established his court in Buda and Visegrád . Both palaces were rebuilt and improved, and were considered the richest of the time in Europe . Inheriting the throne of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire, Sigismund continued conducting his politics from Hungary, but he was kept busy fighting the Hussites and the Ottoman Empire, which was becoming a menace to Europe in the beginning of the 15th century . </P>

Compare and contrast the significance of prague in the fourteenth century with that of paris