Though Charlemagne gained no substantial territory, the coronation created a confederation that would last for a thousand years—the Holy Roman Empire. Many historians credit Charlemagne with ...

Ferdinand II’s coronation turned the Thirty Years ... conflict pitting Catholicism against Protestantism and the Holy Roman Empire against those that sought to end its rule.

When the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V besieged Metz in 1522 the city taunted him with a banner emblazoned with the imperial eagle chained between two pillars. These represented the ancient pillars ...

Importantly, the coronation recognized Charlemagne as ruler of a Holy Roman Empire, which carried an associated ambition of outdoing the military and cultural achievements of the pagan Roman Empire.

Even the crown used at Napoleon’s coronation, a hastily improvised stage prop in pseudoantiquarian style, was spuriously dubbed “The Crown of Charlemagne.” The Holy Roman Empire managed to ...

During his life, he laid the foundations for the Holy Roman Empire ... to hold this title since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The coronation was said to be a result of Charlemagnes ...

The Holy Roman Empire ... the weak. An empire with rulers such as Conrad II—who stopped to hear pleas from a serf, a widow and an orphan despite being late for his coronation in 1027—could ...

It is one of the most important Romanesque monuments from the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The cathedral was the burial ... probably soon after his imperial coronation. It was rebuilt by Henry IV, ...