1. Saxony was one of the most important regions during the Holy Roman Empire, and the Electors of Saxony were responsible for electing the Holy Roman Emperor. 2. Dresden, the capital of Saxony ...

The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History. By Peter Wilson. Allen Lane; 941 pages; £35. Belknap; $39.95. ON A map, the Holy Roman Empire resembles something closer to a ...

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 ...

Christian history begins with the life and death of Jesus Christ and continues with the formation of the early Christian church, Emperor Constantine's Holy Roman Empire and the great schism into ...

Christian history begins with the life and death of Jesus Christ and continues with the formation of the early Christian church, Emperor Constantine's Holy Roman Empire and the great schism into ...

Between 1618 and 1648, central Europe, and the Holy Roman Empire in particular, was devastated by a series of conflicts that ... Ferdinand received aid from both Catholic and Protestant German powers ...

For answers we should look back in time to when Germany was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The empire scarcely seems worthy of discussion today. If it has any resonance at all, it is usually ...

And in the late 700s AD it was the capital of Europe, of the Holy Roman Empire founded by the Emperor Charles 1st, Karolus Magnus, better known as Charlemagne. Anne McElvoy is joined in Aachen by ...

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 ...