For the Holy Roman Empire, the eighteenth century was a time of existential concerns. In his Explanation of Germans’ Right to Trade with India (1752), the jurist Johann Julius Surland sought to ...

He told the world he wished to be known as Pope Francis. His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”.

Mr. Bannon, influenced by Edward Gibbon’s 18th-century opus, “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” came to a different conclusion.

But crucially, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, was still strongly Catholic. And also crucially, Catherine of Aragon was Charles the V’s aunt, so Princess/Lady Mary was his cousin.

A ruthless ruler and opponent, devoted wife and mother to sixteen children, Maria Theresa’s forty year rule over her European territories is nothing if not miraculous. The second and eldest surviving ...

Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

The eastern Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in the 6th century. Light purple represents its military gains from 533 and 565, a period in which the empire was supposedly devastated by ...

Imperial sceptre of the Holy Roman Empire Credits: University of Pisa, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons. Roman The biggest part of the mystery of the Holy Roman Empire’s name is the Roman part. The ...

Pope Francis will open a Holy Door in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec. 26, the feast day of St. Stephen. It will be the second of five Holy Doors the Holy Father will open during the 2025 Jubilee ...

In his new book The Silver Empire: how Germany created its first common currency, which forms the basis of this event, Oliver Volckart analyses why the vast majority of the approximate 300 members of ...