Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

From Vienna, the emperor, who was recognized by all as the supreme authority, was the structure’s cornerstone. If it was not a “state” in the modern sense of the term, the Holy Roman Empire could ...

The first four episodes, which cover Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian and Maximilian ... of the empire as he covertly converts others to Christianity while serving the Roman emperor ...

During his papacy, he remained a steadfast ally of the Carolingian Empire, especially in the ... the internalized conflicts such as with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, and headed the attempt ...

Rudolf’s father, Maximilian II, the Hapsburg archduke and soon-to-be Holy Roman Emperor, welcomed the painter ... details bear out the theme of empire. Arcimboldo’s composites incorporated ...

The Council of Nicaea, convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in 325 AD ... for resolving the conflict and establishing a unified Christian faith within the empire. The council was held ...

Peter Edwell receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with ...

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great officially declared Constantinople his “New Rome” and the capital of the Roman Empire on ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...