In practice, the Holy Roman Empire didn’t have very much to do ... until secular Italian authorities annexed most of it in the 1800s. Today, the Catholic Church still operates in Latin from ...

Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north ...

Though Charlemagne gained no substantial territory, the coronation created a confederation that would last for a thousand years—the Holy Roman Empire. Many historians credit Charlemagne with ...

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