Son of an abusive father, Frederick II blossomed when he took the throne. He attracted the great thinkers of Europe to his court while establishing Prussia as a dominant military power.

His research interests include late medieval and early modern economic history; the Holy Roman Empire; economic and, specifically, monetary politics. Federica Carugati is Senior Lecturer in History ...

Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building was a temple for the worship of the deified King Obodas I ... following the breakup of the Roman Empire, Petra became a provincial capital under ...

We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two ... I would call him a holy man who attracted a crowd of disciples who followed him and his various wanderings ...

Deal Castle in Kent is located a stone's throw from the town's pebble beach and has stunning scenic views of the English ...

Explore Antiochus III's campaigns, from battling revolts in Media and Persia to his epic conquests during the Fourth Syrian ...

Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland from the 1690s to the 1730s, could supposedly bend a horseshoe with ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill takes on the intersection of faith and politics, from the biblical Roman ...

Around the time of Christ, when Romans controlled much of the known world, the Jews' desire for a deliverer was at a high ...

The first trailer has been released for  William Tell , which is an epic film inspired by the legend of the same name. As the nations of medieval Europe struggle for power, the ruthless Austrian ...

Deal Castle was built in the 16th century and was constructed as part of Henry VIII's Device programme to protect the country ...