The Holy Roman Empire was finally dissolved when Napoleon, commanding the first modern national army, steamrolled the coalition opposing him at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805.

In his new book The Silver Empire: how Germany created its first common currency, which forms the basis of this event, Oliver Volckart analyses why the vast majority of the approximate 300 members of ...

Old Maps Online lets you find your way around 17th century Holy Roman Empire It's the single largest online collection of historical maps.

Joachim Whaley's ground-breaking history of the Holy Roman Empire escapes the shadow cast by the Nazis, finds Peter Oborne.

In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony. Protected by Rome and allowed to continue their religion, everything was fine until rebellion in Judaea led to a ...

Thus the idea of the Holy Roman Empire as a failed nation-state (as opposed to a successful multiethnic empire) has prevailed since—even Hitler condemned this era of his beloved Germany.

When Ferdinand III, the Habsburg monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, arrived in Regensburg, the Brussels of its time, in late 1652, he brought 60 musicians and three dwarves.

Czechoslovakia and earlier: A chronology of key events 9th Century - Duchy of Bohemia emerges. 1198 - Kingdom of Bohemia firmly established by King Ottokar. 1212 - Holy Roman Empire recognises ...