A rare Arabic inscription from the Crusades has been deciphered, with scientists finding the marble slab bears the name of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, a colorful Christian ruler known for his ...
The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to make sweeping cultural, economic, and religious changes—at any cost. This bust ...
French scientists have decoded a letter written in 1547 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The three-page letter uncovers secrets of the 16th century, including assassination fears. It took the ...
The world of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is a dangerous one of politics, passions, and precarious alliances. And to fully appreciate the nuanced power plays that Thomas Cromwell must navigate ...
Pope Sylvester II and Holy Roman Emperor Otto III were two powerful men and two ambitious friends. Just how ambitious? There is a (very controversial) theory that between them, they forcibly ushered ...
Yet the term 'Holy Roman Empire' did not enter common use until the 13th Century with the reign of Frederick Barbarossa. In this video, we explore why this was the case, delving into the Empire's long ...
On Dec. 25, 800, Frankish King Charlemagne is crowned as the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 799, Leo fled Rome after being assaulted and ...
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How Did the Holy Roman Empire Form?
How did the Holy Roman Empire come into being? This video traces its origins from the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the rise of Charlemagne and the crowning of Otto I in 962. We explore how ...
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