The Holy Roman Empire was vast, powerful in name but fractured in reality. This video explores how conflicting loyalties, ...

His victories in the Seven Years' War and his modernization of the Prussian military set the stage for future European conflicts.We also examine how Prussia's rise was closely tied to the unification ...

Of Princes and Poets: Lohenstein’s Verse Epistles on the Divorce of the Elector Palatine Carl Ludwig Michael M. Metzger Literary Culture in the Holy Roman Empire, 1555-1720 , 1991 , pp. 159-176 (18 ...

The birth of the Holy Roman Empire—and the unlikely king who ruled it. The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to ...

Emperors and Princes: 7. The Eagle of the Empire (pp. 109-125) George C. Schoolfield. 8. Der Zensor als Literaturkritiker: Die Approbationsvermerke im frühneuzeitlichen Buch als literarhistorische ...

At the end of World War II, it was discovered that the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire had vanished from their secret vault in Nuremberg. The mystery of who stole the jewels was left ...