The Franks, a Germanic tribe that rose to prominence during the fall of the Roman Empire, played a central role in the formation of modern Europe. Their legacy stretches from the collapse of the ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.

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 ...

But the rules-based order is perhaps best viewed as how Voltaire saw the Holy Roman Empire: “no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire”.

But the rules-based order is perhaps best viewed as Voltaire saw the Holy Roman Empire: “no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire”.

Today take a look at the basics of how to play Warhammer: The Old World’s Empire of Man, the good old humans! The Empire of Man is one of the core armies in Warhammer the Old World. They are, along ...

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 ...

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 ...