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 ...

Shortly before 1200 the the red flag with white cross replaced the original, ... ‘It is nonsense to call the Dannebrog the oldest flag in Europe, it is a copy of the Holy Roman Empire’s flag which is ...

“So the Holy Roman Empire had been around for a long time—we’re talking practically back to the Roman Empire. Was it the succession to the Roman Empire? That’s a little bit sketchy.

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 ...