The Metropolitan Museum of Art titled its latest exhibition, which showcases armor commissioned by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, “The Last Knight.” It’s a fitting name for a show ...

The fall of the Roman ... Empire in the eastern provinces—formally recognized him as the true emperor of Western Roman, the inheritor of classical Rome, and the defender of the Christian faith ...

However, Emperor Maximilian intended for Charles to become ... he could be crowned by the pope in Rome. Although the Holy Roman Empire had no capital and its emperors were frequently itinerant ...