The Holy Roman Empire was vast, powerful in name but fractured in reality. This video explores how conflicting loyalties, ...

The Holy Roman Empire was finally dissolved when Napoleon, commanding the first modern national army, steamrolled the coalition opposing him at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805.

The Bowl Championship Series climaxes Monday, with a game in New Orleans between Louisiana State and Alabama for the national bragging rights to Dixie. As there is a joke about the Holy Roman ...

The birth of the Holy Roman Empire—and the unlikely king who ruled it The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to ...

How does state fragmentation effect development? Can small territories with weak states enhance economic freedom in repressive political systems? By going back into history and investigating the ...

A new book joins meticulous historical analysis with more than 150 lush, full-color illustrations of these magnificent books and their elaborate bindings.

In the Holy Roman Empire, individual rulers and states were largely left to govern as they wished.

Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on MASTERPIECE.

The electors of the Roman empire were privileged, hereditary aristocrats that attempted to hold sway over the governance of highly diverse states and principalities.

We don’t burn people at the stake anymore. If we did the U.S. Supreme Court would surely rule it cruel and unusual punishment. Nineteen states in the United States don’t have a death penalty ...

At the same time, one might ask, does the United States want to be remembered like Babylon or the Roman “whore Babylon” whose destruction is predicted in the biblical book of Revelation?