the Holy Roman Empire
Papal plots
The power of the medieval papacy resembled that of the Holy Roman Emperor – and like the first Roman emperors, popes attracted envy, scandal and violent retribution
Dante’s egomania
Unlike Shakespeare, who kept himself out of all his works, except the Sonnets, Dante was endlessly reworking his autobiography, even…
In search of the Fatherland
As I grew up half German in England in the 1970s, my German heritage was confined to the few curios…
