A few others came from inside the Holy Roman Empire but outside the bounds of ... was one of two Spanish popes in the 15th century. The nephew of the first, Pope Callixtus III, Alexander was ...

One of the most popular role-playing games of recent years is also one of the most historically accurate, as a Metro writer ...

Intellectual life in the modern West traces its origins to the ancient Greeks and Romans. However, by the launch of the First ...

A 15th Century manuscript containing the unusual treatment features in a new exhibition detailing the bizarre cures that were used for all manner of ills in the medieval period. The 'cure' for ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire ... remote Catholic Church into the 21st century. Perhaps people were either ...

Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a hasty or disorganized dumping of corpses. Every skeleton examined ...

Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass “In Coena Domini” -- or The Lord’s Supper -- with the traditional rite of washing feet to commemorate ...

The skeletons, belonging to a military cavalry unit stationed in the area in the 2nd century A.D., offer a unique insight into the use of these animals in the Roman army and their relationship with ...

The introduction of the Holy Knights, secret enforcers of the World Government, hints at potential betrayals and internal conflicts within Mary Geoise. The Holy Knights are introduced as the World ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire ... during the 7th century. Prof Gernon said ...