What role did the Holy Roman Empire ... under the same flag. Another recurring question that the book poses concerns borders, which shapes how imperials conceived of relationships with foreigners.

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...

A few others came from inside the Holy Roman Empire but outside the bounds of modern-day Italy. German popes elected from the Empire included Gregory in 996 and Damasus II in 1048. England ...

An excavation in northern Sudan suggests there were limits to the military might of the Roman Empire – even if the Romans weren’t prepared to admit them. The imperial forces claimed they ...

For anyone trying to make sense of the situation on the continent, with Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire, and the pope, Kirsten Claiden-Yardley shed some light. “When Henry VIII declared ...

also known as Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. Beginning in the 20th century, similar titles were frequently used to describe the United States. If nothing else, empires may rise and fall ...

The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...

But the Eastern Roman Empire lived on for another millennium – until Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453. A few fringe scholars even argue that Rome fell in 1806 with the demise of the Holy Roman ...

The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was German, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans? (Image: Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire) Credit:Flickr / mitko_denev ...

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 ...

One of Wilhelm II’s costliest whimsies as Kaiser and All Highest was to have the regalia of the Holy Roman Empire exactly duplicated in authentic jewels and precious metals. So perfect are these ...