Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

In this episode of General Knowledge, we talk about the Kingdom of Arles. Throughout Medieval Europe we can find a number of ...

Whether biking to castles or kayaking through gorges, a trip centred on this river is the epitome of European romance.

Half a century later, when Bonaparte dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, these arguments had ceased to serve their purpose. Despite a lack of maps, which makes it difficult to grasp the ...

The East after the disintegration of the Mongol Empire. Credit: Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons ... First Mongol incursions in the Levant, in 1260. Credit: Map Master / Rowanwindwhistler / ...

Map: Guilbert Gates ... By March, Portugal, the Kingdom of Naples and the Holy Roman Empire had joined the fray, creating what became known as the First Coalition against France.

Trodden by millions of pilgrims over the ages, this sacred site is marked on many maps as Mount Sinai. Muslims believe that the prophet Muhammad journeyed here also. The road to the holy mountain ...

Political conditions in the Holy Roman Empire - known in Germany as the ‘Holy Roman Empire ... the Congress of Vienna met from September 1814 to June 1815 to redraw the political map of Europe. The ...

These states were established to fill the power vacuum left by the shattered and tired Eastern Roman Empire ... in the politics of the Byzantine Empire rather than focusing on the mission of freeing ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...

Reid claimed that business and countries need diversity to not only thrive but survive as a nation, comparing it to the Roman Empire and Europe. "If you take that away and try to distill us just ...