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Sep 27, 2019 · The Eastern Empire flourished while the Western Empire struggled and finally fell c. 476 CE. In time, it became the foundation of the Holy Roman Empire (962-1806 CE) - seen as a revival of the values and order of the Roman Empire at its height - first under the reign of Charlemagne (r. 800-814 CE) whose successors could not maintain it, and then officially founded by Otto I of Germany (r. 962 ...
Those Italian princes had been unhappy with Berengar, so they had invited Rudolph to take the throne, which he promptly did, also gaining the title of Germanic Roman Emperor, only to find a rival in Hugh of Arles. 922 - 933. Rudolf (II) of Upper Burgundy. King of Burgundy (912), Italy (922) & Lower Burgundy (933).
Monumental Representations of the Holy Land in the Holy Roman Empire 331 isted in the Crusader-era Holy Sepulchre church, except that in the Holy Roman Empire it began earlier, in the tenth century. The continuity that characterizes the building history of the Palatine Chapel after Charlemagne is one of the main unifying factors in the history ...
Except for some formerly insular areas, the region now called Zeelandic Flanders was not part of the historical County of Zeeland, but a part of the County of Flanders initially ruled by the House of Habsburg. The region was on the front line in the Eighty Years' War and was conquered by the Dutch Republic in 1604.
May 19, 2024 · Henry V (born Aug. 11, 1086 [not Nov. 8, 1081]—died May 23, 1125, Utrecht, Friesland) was the German king (from 1099) and Holy Roman emperor (1111–25), last of the Salian dynasty. He restored virtual peace in the empire and was generally successful in wars with Flanders, Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland. As the son of Henry IV, he continued his ...
The growth of Christianity from its obscure origin c. 40 AD, with fewer than 1,000 followers, to being the majority religion of the entire Roman Empire by AD 400, has been examined through a wide variety of historiographical approaches. Until the last decades of the 20th century, the primary theory was provided by Edward Gibbon in The History ...
