For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

I speak German to my horse, French to my ministers and Spanish to my God’, Charles V once remarked, neatly encapsulating the ... His grandfather was Emperor Maximilian of Austria. His mother, the ...

Bust of Marcus Aurelius. Credit: Bob3321 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled over the classical world’s most powerful empire. In addition to his achievements as a ...

Charles V (1500-1558) is famous for being one of the most powerful rulers in Europe, reigning over the Netherlands, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire. Master of an immense empire over which “the sun ...

The excavation of the building, which was established under Roman emperor Titus, has so far uncovered sections of stone wall that formed the base of the basilica, which would have been two-and-a ...

Under the reign of Charles V, the religious unity of the Holy Roman Empire was shattered by Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation. This led to religious conflict, culminating in the devastating ...