ANALYSIS: Who will lead the Holy Week liturgies? Will Francis meet in person with King Charles? These are just some of the questions the Vatican must answer in the coming days.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Sorbonne will fund a new program to digitize Delacroix’s papers and identify other artists who ...

Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on ...

This throws light on the subject of Blanning’s new book, Augustus (1670–1733), who became Elector of Saxony in 1694 and was elected King of Poland in 1697, forced to abdicate in 1706, and then ...

As a token of capitulation, the dictator demanded the title “Benefactor of the Church,” a distinction last conferred on Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1167. Trujillo put on a big ...

Croatia In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire. Prices of ...

ROME — Pope Francis thanked volunteers Sunday for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick, as he continued his treatment for double pneumonia and doctors reported some positive ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town ...

8. University of Naples Federico II (1224) – Italy Established in 1224 by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, the University of Naples Federico II is one of the oldest state-supported universities in the ...

The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...

Agnes was betrothed to Henry, the son of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, but when the time came for them to be married, they backed out. Agnes’ father then planned to marry her to Henry III of ...

especially in the ‘frontier zones’ of Spain, Sicily and southern Italy. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II appears to have spoken at least some Arabic. Buildings such as the ...