Belgium was once a patchwork of semi-independent duchies, counties, lordships and most puzzling ... The state was a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire and subject to the Pope’s authority in Rome but ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

She sees all the actors mentioned in her sources as participating in a single system. The question of the identity of the Holy Roman Empire—which many see as ... Conversely, thirty years later, the ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire ... Then I thought of all the wars, as the votes were still being counted, till ...

Filipinos are known all over the world for their strong faith in God and for their deep love and reverence for our Holy Mother Mary ... Gina Del Rosario is a Roman Catholic who was born and ...

Christianity was once an outlawed faith, and the first Popes led their followers in secrecy, facing brutal persecution from the Roman Empire ... His formation of the Holy League, which included ...

Holy, holy, holy! In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God! The Lord of the world resists with [strengths?] all attacks ... In the early days of the Roman Empire, practicing Christianity could ...

From drunken student toga parties to the 12 million annual visitors to the Colosseum – the might of ancient Rome has echoed down the centuries in all sorts of unexpected ... in 1806 with the demise of ...

In the West, the Roman ... Empire from 1300 onwards, they finally captured Constantinople in 1453. They kept advancing into the Balkans for the next 200 years, until defeated outside Vienna, in ...

The Ottonian dynasty ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 962 until the death of Henry II in 1024. During this period, the empire prospered, developing a thriving merchant economy. Close to the Church, ...