Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a topic suggested by listeners: the war which was centred on the Holy Roman Empire from 1618 and was unequalled in scale until C20th Show more Melvyn Bragg and ...

Between 1618 and 1648, central Europe, and the Holy Roman Empire in particular, was devastated by a series of conflicts that were caused by competing visions of political order, great power, and ...

a series of highly destructive conflicts that took place across the European continent between 1618 and 1648. The camp was constructed by General Albrecht von Wallenstein of the Holy Roman Empire ...

1419-1434 - Hussite Wars see defeat of five crusades by the Holy Roman Empire. 1526 - House of Habsburg begins process of taking over Bohemia 1618 - Defenestration of Prague, when Catholic regents ...

The attempts by peasants in the Holy Roman Empire to realise the Gospel message – a message which to them promised social as well as spiritual equality – led to one of the largest popular ...

For answers we should look back in time to when Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The empire scarcely seems worthy of discussion today. If it has any resonance at all, it is usually ...

Joachim Whaley's ground-breaking history of the Holy Roman Empire escapes the shadow cast by the Nazis, finds Peter Oborne. By Peter Oborne 28 March 2012 • 10:37am The Court of Emperor Frederick ...