Founded in 962 by Otto I, the Holy Roman Empire was a political union of states in Western and Central Europe (initially the kingdoms of Germany, Italy, and Burgundy). Built on the ruins of the ...

An extremely rare medieval gold Rhenish guilder, dating back to 1429-1430, was discovered near Kamień Pomorski, Poland.

From then until its end in 1806, the Empire was not much more than a collection of largely independent states. The Imperial Diet of Constance opened on 27 April 1507; [4] it recognized the unity of ...

Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural entity that found expression through music for the German stage. He maps an extensive network of ...

Surveying the various models available in 1787 for governing the still-constitution-less United States, James Madison, perhaps the shrewdest of the Founding Fathers, was certain of one thing: the Holy ...

Roman-German emperor'), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire. The title was held in conjunction with the title of King of Italy (Rex Italiae) from the 8th to the 16th century, and, ...

Italy is auctioning off a vast 16th-century castle built for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ... a key thoroughfare since the Roman Empire, and of two city gates – one leading north to Rome ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies ... It also held Jewish holy scriptures and documents. Outside was the temple square – this was a ...

Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I promulgated an entirely new Roman code of law in November 534 A.D. His Empire, however, was ...