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Official Trailer Released for Upcoming Film About William Tell

War History Online 31 Oct 2024
Starring the likes of Claes Bang and Ben Kingsley, the feature will be bringing a centuries-old Swiss legend to a wider audience ... (Photo Credit. Hans Sandreuter / Roland zh / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0) ... “307, the Holy Roman Empire is in turmoil ... .
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Endless red tape

Evening Times 29 Oct 2024
The phrase has apparently been around for hundreds of years and dates back to the way the government of the Holy Roman Empire functioned and has since become a common shortcut for describing how ...
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'I visited a 500 year old castle by the sea - it was the perfect ...

Manchester Evening News 27 Oct 2024
Deal Castle was built in the 16th century and was constructed as part of Henry VIII's Device programme to protect the country against an invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire ... .
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Our Electoral College had its detractors from the start

Chicago Sun-Times 27 Oct 2024
Rather, they borrowed the concept from Europe , where it had been used to pick emperors for the Holy Roman Empire for hundreds of years ... The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of territories that existed in central Europe from 962 to 1806.
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Why the ancient game of bocce ball is on a roll

Press Telegram 23 Oct 2024
A family affair ... Who plays? ... 6, 2024 ... Early aficionados are said to have included the father of medicine, the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, and the Roman emperor, Augustus ... Historical accounts point to its banning throughout the Holy Roman Empire.
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No country still uses an electoral college − except the US

The Cincinnati Herald 20 Oct 2024
The Holy Roman Empire had seven electors ... The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of territories that existed in central Europe from 962 to 1806 ... James Madison, who was not fond of the Holy ...
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600-year-old rare gold coin linked to medieval trade routes unearthed in Poland

Interesting Engineering 19 Oct 2024
It was prevalent during the time of Otto von Ziegenhein, the Archbishop and Elector of Trier and an important political and religious figure from the Holy Roman Empire.
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Islam and Christianity: a long, complex and crucial relationship

The National 18 Oct 2024
... the Inquisition, the expansion of the Ottoman Empire or the excesses of European colonialism ... Competing dynasties vied for power in both the Muslim world and in Charlemagne’s Holy Roman Empire.
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Rare gold Rhenish guilder discovered near Kamień Pomorski

Heritage Daily 17 Oct 2024
The obverse depicts Otto von Ziegenhein, an important figure in the Holy Roman Empire who served as the Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1419 to 1430 ... Header Image Credit .  Kamień Land History Museum. Sources . PAP.
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Lost in time! LU library to reissue rare treasures from 1930s

Hindustan Times 15 Oct 2024
Some of the prominent books that are part of the collection are ‘The Holy Roman Empire’ by James Viscount Bryce and published in 1928, ‘The Way of Peace’ by Viscount Cecil, which was added to the ...
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No country still uses an electoral college—except the US

Phys Dot Org 14 Oct 2024
The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of territories that existed in central Europe from 962 to 1806 ... James Madison, who was not fond of the Holy Roman Empire's use of an electoral college, ...
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The fatal allure of Hitler’s favourite mountain

The Spectator 14 Oct 2024
Sean Thomas ... The Untersberg, according to legend, is where emperor Frederick Barbarossa, the ruler of the First Reich, the Holy Roman Empire, sleeps in a hidden grotto, only to be roused from his eternal rest if Germany is in mortal peril ... .
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Lederhosen, steins and bratwurst – how Oktoberfest became what it is today

Metro UK 13 Oct 2024
Oktoberfest began more than two centuries ago in 1810 (Photo. Shutterstock / Master1305) ... Hard to believe, I know ... At that time, Bavaria was a brand new kingdom after years as an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire ... Shutterstock / Rimma Bondarenko) ... ....
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Ellie Bamber goes braless under a very low cut suit as poses on the red ...

The Daily Mail 07 Oct 2024
The film, set in 14th Century Switzerland, follows the fate of the country as it battles against the Holy Roman Empire ... Holy Roman Empire in a rebellion led by a peaceful peasant farmer William Tell.
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Emperor Constantine I advanced Christianity

Odessa American 05 Oct 2024
when he legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan and gave Christians a broad range of new rights, including the right to own property ... in the Roman Empire were pagans.

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