The dual-careers of Peter Paul Rubens, working as both a court painter and a highly respected European diplomat, won him ...

SAXONY-ANHALT, GERMANY—Live Science reports ... by Protestant forces led by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf, and the Holy Roman Empire’s army led by General Albrecht von Wallenstein.

Though Charlemagne gained no substantial territory, the coronation created a confederation that would last for a thousand years—the Holy Roman Empire. Many historians credit Charlemagne with ...

In his war with Saxony, he committed atrocities against ... that title would evolve into Leader of the Holy Roman Empire, which did not exist during Charlemagne's time. Once crowned, Charlemagne ...

A king of Spain and archduke of Austria, Charles V ruled over the Holy Roman Empire for nearly 40 years ... a scholar and member of the royal court of Saxony known for his support of the ...

St Michael's Church was built on a symmetrical ground plan with two apses that was characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque art in Old Saxony. Its interior ... of the Romanesque churches of the Holy ...