When the Western Roman Empire fell, its influence endured - reshaped and reasserted by those eager to carry its mantle. In ...

The birth of the Holy Roman Empire—and the unlikely king who ruled it. The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to ...

What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on MASTERPIECE.

The Holy Roman Empire, it was famously put (by Voltaire, I think), was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.Likewise, the First Amendment "actual malice" test isn't actually about malice, but ...

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 ...

I’m playing Agathe Talon, a bold figure leading a gang of girl bosses in 1098, traveling between France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire. My group, the Mace of Talon, is a bit chaotic.

In 1547, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V penned a letter to his ambassador, Jean de Saint-Mauris, part of which was written in the ruler's secret code. Nearly five centuries later, researchers have ...

The last stand of the Swiss Guard happened in 1527 when soldiers from the Holy Roman Empire invaded Rome, looking to sack the city. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, ...

1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of ...

This week was a big one, as yesterday's Tinto Maps post was the grand heart of early modern Europe: The Holy Roman Empire. Historical strategy fans long knew that this would be an immense ...