“The first record of a diamond in an engagement ring was when Maximilian I, who was eventually Holy Roman Emperor, proposed to Mary of Burgundy in 1477,” explains third-generation vintage ...

They include the abdication of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the birth of Georg Spalatin, and Saint Augustine’s University opening. Saint Augustine’s University begins to hold classes – Jan ...

The following pages highlight anniversaries of memorable events that occurred this week in Christian history. They include the abdication of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the birth of Georg Spalatin, ...

Holy water is also removed from the fonts in ... They were writing for an audience beyond Palestine, and in the Roman Empire of the first century, there was no general consensus about the names ...

Spalatin eventually became a servant of German elector Frederick the Wise, a nobleman who famously protected Martin Luther after he was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church. “He would continue ...

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The self-appointed French ‘emperor’ had brought to an end the 1000-year-old Holy Roman Empire; the former Emperor Francis II found himself reduced merely to Emperor Francis I of the Austro ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the foundations of a small, tower-like Roman fort.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.