Sarah Bond is a professor of classics at the University of Iowa and the author of Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Sieges, battles, and massacres marked that brief but bloody war, where the professional armies of the nobility had perhaps no more than 8,500 men engaged in battle against more than a quarter of a ...

What is often forgotten, though, is Rubens’s illustrious career as a Holy Roman Empire diplomat. Turns out, artists have always been subsidizing their income with side hustles.

For the Holy Roman Empire, the eighteenth century was a time of existential concerns. In his Explanation of Germans’ Right to Trade with India (1752), the jurist Johann Julius Surland sought to ...

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”.

Nevertheless, war flags have deep roots, playing a role in major conflicts for ages. Watch this video to learn more and make sure you subscribe to The Military Show for more military-related ...

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.

Five hundred and seventy-two years after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople — the last vestige of the Roman Empire — official Turkish government statistics record 99% of the population as Muslim.

Easter gets all the attention, but this holiday is important too. Here’s what you need to know, including when Palm Sunday is in 2025.

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 ...

Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites, including renowned Roman ruins at Palmyra By: Sally Abou Aljoud And Ghaith Alsayed, The Associated Press Posted: 11:06 PM CST Sunday, Feb ...