When Charles V assumed the throne in 1519, the nineteen‑year‑old Habsburg suddenly controlled one of the most sprawling ...

Yet the term 'Holy Roman Empire' did not enter common use until the 13th Century with the reign of Frederick Barbarossa.

Many of us like to imagine that we are distantly related to royalty and that, like Anne Hathaway in the Princess Diaries, we ...

On this day in 1704, Gibraltar was surrendered to the Anglo-Dutch fleet. 321 years later, Eliot Wilson looks at what that ...

Later, while passing through Vienna, he was captured by the Austrian duke Leopold V, whom Richard had offended during the Crusades. Leopold handed Richard over to the Holy Roman Emperor.

The name formally became a family surname in 1448 when Richard, Duke of York, adopted it to assert his patrilineal link to ...

This is the story of one of Europe’s most devastating conflicts - the Thirty Years’ War. From 1618 to 1648, the continent was torn apart by religious strife, shifting alliances, and ruthless ...

FENWAY PARK – There are risks in sports, especially in pro sports with bonus babies.

Object Details Catalogue Status Research in Progress Description Bust-length portrait is three-quarter view to right of the middle-aged emperor. He is dressed in armor with bare head and wearing the ...

Object Details Sitter Emperor Charles V, Netherlandish, 1500 – 1558 Artist Unknown Catalogue Status Research in Progress Description Portrait of a beared man in profile. Credit Line Bequest of Erskine ...

The wall is the largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain and was built to defend the northernmost limit of the Roman Empire.