Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The decoded letter written by Holy Roman Emperor King Charles VStanislas Library French scientists have decoded a letter written ...

The Holy Roman Empire looked powerful on paper, but in reality it functioned more like a loose confederation than a centralized state. Its emperors were elected rather than fully hereditary, its ...

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The Holy Roman Empire, it was famously put (by Voltaire, I think), was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Likewise, the First Amendment "actual malice" test isn't actually about malice, but ...

Charles VI (1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor, in gilt-bordered silver breastplate, crimson robe, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 1711–1740 Subscribe now to view details for this ...

The eastern Roman empire was founded by Constantine the Great on May 11, A.D. 330. The empire fell on May 29, 1453, when the army of the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II breached the walls of Constantinople.

French scientists have decoded a letter written in 1547 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The three-page letter uncovers secrets of the 16th century, including assassination fears. It took the ...