Consuetudo Legis: Writing Down Customs in the Roman Empire (2nd–5th Century CE) by Soazick Kerneis

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Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk and the Recognition of the Russian Imperial Title by the Holy Roman Empire in 1745–1746 by M. A. Petrova

“…The article, based on the unpublished documents from the Archive of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, reveals for the first time details of a little-known episode in the history of the Russian diplomatic service – the mission of Empress' Elisabeth I minister plenipotentiary Count of Courland Hermann Karl von Keyserlingk to Frankfurt am Main and Regensburg during the War of the Austrian Succession. …”
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Conquête d’un milieu, adaptation à une multitude de réalités : l’exemple de la conquête romaine des espaces oasiens égyptiens by Evelyne Ferron

“…The archaeological diggings started late in this area, but because of the quantity of artefacts and documents available for the Roman period, it allows now historians specialised in Roman history to study the oases during Roman occupation. …”
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The Roman catastrophe of 1527 in the Italian Wars, or Sacco di Roma: analysis of the historical interpretation of the event by several contemporaries by Pavlov Kirill Vladimirovich

“…The study analyses the perception of historical event contemporaries that represents a “perfect myth” from its accomplishment: the Roman catastrophe in the Italian Wars of 1527, or “Sack of Rome” (Sacco di Roma), when the troops of the Habsburg Empire occupied Rome and forced Pope Clement VII to flee the city. …”
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Actualité du roman archéologique by Philippe Dufour

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Challenges of Early Modern Diplomacy by Jonas Bechtold

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The characteristics of Roman Private Law Sources by K. S. Naumenko

“…It is argued that the key sources of Roman Private Law should be divided into the following groups: laws (leges) – these were normative acts issued by the legislative bodies of the Roman Republic or Empire (the most important laws were the XII Tables (Lex Duodecim Tabularum), which became the first codified law in Roman history); customs (mores) – these were the norms of behaviour which were generally recognised by the Roman public (customs arose from complex relationships between people and resolved certain issues which laws did not regulate); judicial decisions (iudicia) were court decisions that served as an example for subsequent decisions in similar cases (they were considered one of the most important sources of Roman Private Law, as they ensured legal stability and progressive development of law); legal writings (responsa, iura, commentarii) were works of famous Roman lawyers containing legal opinions and views on various issues of law (they became an important source of law as they provided interpretation of laws and established legal practice); agreements (pacta) were agreements between parties on certain issues (they played an important role in Roman Private Law as they provided legal protection to the parties and regulated their relations). …”
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The Habsburg Monarchy from a Roman Perspective: Potential Insights of the “Nuncial Reports from Germany” for International Historical Research by Guido Braun

“…There are six substantial volumes which document the core phase (around 1630) of the Thirty Years’ War with its decisive change to the disadvantage of the emperor, the Habsburgs and the Catholic faction of the Holy Roman Empire up to the intensive efforts to make peace, the Peace of Prague in 1635 and the concurrent European extension of the Thirty Years’ War with Sweden’s and France’s entry into the war in 1630/1635. …”
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Entering the corridors of power: state and church in the reception history of Revelation by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

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Старините в прохода Траянови врата в пътеписите от XVI–XIX век by Ivan Valchev

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O casamento de Leonor e Frederico III (1451-1452) e as relações entre Portugal e o Sacro Império nos finais da Idade Média by António Martins Costa

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Stations routières en Gaule romaine : architecture, équipements et fonctions by Fabien Colleoni

“…It also reminds us of the importance of this network, which provided crucial stopping points for those travelling in the Roman Empire.…”
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Nijmegen, from Oppidum Batavorum to Ulpia Noviomagus, civitas of the Batavi: two successive civitas-capitals by Harry Van Enckevort, Elly N. A. Heirbaut

“…The modern name refers to its Roman origin. The history of Nijmegen during the first centuries of the Christian era mirrors events in the north-west of the Roman Empire. …”
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Lutherovo jubileum (1717) a konverze na saském kurfiřtském dvoře: východiska a možnosti výzkumu by Iveta Coufalová

“… The 200th Anniversary of Reformation, so called Lutherʼs Jubilee, in 1717, was in Saxony and also in the Holy Roman Empire connected with the conversion of the Electoral Prince Frederick Augustus (in spe Augustus III) to Catholicism. …”
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Past Times and Our Times: Reading Our Mutual Friend by David Paroissien

“…The rapacious and grasping ballad-seller he engages to read to him proves an uncertain authority on matters of historical interpretation and comically loose with Roman names and pronunciation. But Wegg’s dogged reading of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire opens a new world to Boffin. …”
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Ethnosymbolism as a Framework for Early Modern Literature Analysis: Theoretical Reflections on the Identity of the Political Community of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Skirmantas Knieža

“…While these insights should not imply proactive construction of nationhood, as Caspar Hirschi suggests in his study on the contemporary Holy Roman Empire, they indicate that the commonly employed term ‘political nation’ of the GDL can be further refined by reconsidering the contents of ethnicity, primarily dealing with the sense of historical identity and memory. …”
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The German and Austrian Historiography on Russia's Participation in the Holy League War by V. I. Kuznetsov

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Acting on behalf of the Bohemian King: Ferdinand Ernst von Waldstein’s Journey to Westphalia (1645–1647) by Jiří Hrbek

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Nacionalita a konfese v politickém životě jagellonských Čech by Petr Vorel

“…In regard to the perception of nationality, the temporary Bohemian establishment started to feel a threat to national interest from Germany (Holy Roman Empire, the Reich), despite the notion of a nation as a significant state-forming element is, at the same time, being determined in neighbouring Germany within the empire reform under Maximilian I. …”
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