The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was Germanic, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans?

The Habsburgs, a notable European royal family, ruled Spain from 1506 to 1700 and held the Holy Roman Empire from 1452 until 1806. Famous for their practice of inbreeding, they often married within ...

In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and ...

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New scientific testing reveals that the marble slab covering Emperor Otto I’s tomb in Magdeburg Cathedral did not come from Greece.

The most obvious evidence Christian nationalism exists is there are quite a few Christians who embrace the term.

A pristine example of Dutch flower painting by 17th-century artist Maria Van Oosterwyck sold for more than double estimate at Christie's Paris ...

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English Heritage has admitted it got it wrong when it shared false claims that the date of Christmas is derived from a pagan ...

According to Chelsea legend Frank Leboeuf, who played for Strasbourg between 1991 and 1996, Emegha was guilty of the "worst ...

We often romanticize the first Christmas as silent, peaceful, and holy night. Following this imagination, we say that the yuletide season is a call to set aside ...