Gruppenbild mit Dame: »Au juste poids véritable balance« (Amiens, 1518/19), Gerechtigkeitsfiguration im Licht politischer Marienfrömmigkeit by Erk Volkmar Heyen

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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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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…The emperor appoints popes and bishops, organizes missions (this is connected or bounded up with conditionally weak, if compared to emperor's, papal power in the VIII-XI centuries). …”
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Sankce vůči českým královským městům roku 1547 v kontextu habsburské politiky první poloviny 16. století („Gentský ortel“ v politické propagandě stavovského odboje)... by Petr Vorel

“…On the basis of new research into the progress of the Estates Revolt, the author determines the origin of this material to be June 1547, i.e. the period after the Battle of Mühlberg, when most of the aristocratic part of the Bohemian Estates Revolt had reached an agreement with King Ferdinand, and the Bohemian royal towns remained the King‘s last potential opponents. The author compares the sanctions by King Ferdinand of Habsburg against the Bohemian royal towns (which, in 1547, had accepted the monarch‘s promises in good faith, just like Ghent) with the long-term anti-municipal policy of the Habsburgs, as well as with Emperor Charles V‘s actions in 1546 against Imperial towns that were members of the Schmalkaldic League. …”
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Wood analyses helped to determine the location and approximate construction period of the Roman bridge over the Drava River in ancient Poetovio (Ptuj, Slovenia) by Andrej Gaspari, Katarina Čufar, Maks Merela

“…Since the pile contained no sapwood, the dating approximately agrees with the date of the building inscription on the stone slab, which attributes the commission for the reconstruction or construction of the bridge to Emperor Hadrian in the last years of his reign (117-138 AD). …”
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At the Origins of the University Education System in Russia by Vasily N. Ponomarev

“…It is shown that as a result of the activities of the Emperor and his associates, a progressive harmonious system of education and higher education was created. …”
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Co-evolution of fish and rice farming by Austroasiatic communities in the Neolithic Era and early documentation of aquaculture in China by Peter Edwards

“…There were increases in temperature and rainfall at the end of the last ice age in the Yangtze River Basin during the early Neolithic Era about 8,000 BC, drivers for subsequent development. …”
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The Extraordinary Imperial Ambassadors to the Conclave during the 1667–1730 Period by Jiří M. Havlík

“…For the papal elections in 1667, 1669 and 1676 Emperor Leopold I appointed those cardinals who favoured the House of Habsburg. …”
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Os Ducas e a recompensa dificilmente dividida by João Vicente de Medeiros Publio Dias

“…However, in fact, the emperors did distribute power, especially Alexios I (1081-1118), but in a more restricted and ad hoc way. …”
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Russia of PeterI: Gaining Great Power Status by P. A. Krotov

“…The system of treaties that Russia was part of in the last years of the reign of Peter the Great was strikingly different from the one that was at the beginning of the reign. …”
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“The Founder and Father of his Empire”: Voltaire on the Peace of Nystad and the Imperial Status of Russia by S. A. Mezin

“…The purpose of the paper is revealing the peculiarities of Voltaire’s views on the last stage of the Northern War, ended by the Treaty of Nystad, as well as presenting the specific character of the great enlightener’s evaluation of the Russian empire and its historical role. …”
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…The chapter succinctly outlines key events such as the death of Kaiser Wilhelm, the brief reign of his son Freidrich III, wo passed away in just 99 days after his coronation, and the ascension of son Wilhelm II as the last Kaiser. Bismarck continues to be the Chancellor, counselling three successive emperors. …”
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De fil palatial en aiguille patrimoniale. La soierie du cabinet de repos du petit appartement de Napoléon Ier à Versailles. by Laureen Gressé-Denois

“…To illustrate this rich future, this article looks at five aspects of agency through the biography of the colourfully embroidered gros de Tours white brocaded silk from the resting room in the emperor’s private apartments. From its creation as part of Napoleon’s recovery plan, and its replacement after 1815 for reasons of economy, to its ornamentation, which conveys a symbolic message, the history of the silks was initially shaped by economic and political intentions. …”
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The “golden age” of Russian serfdom by O. Yu. Yakhshiyan

“…The article discusses in detail the practice of distribution by emperors and empresses of lands with peasants into ownership as a reward for special merits. …”
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Chrudimský Kristus a zázračné souřadnice jeho barokní legendy by Pavel Panoch

“…This moment in the history of the painting has stimulated a strong private piety which has been consequently changed to the strong public worship during the last quarter of the 17th Century. The main promoter of Chrudim's St. …”
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THE MEASURE OF ALL GODS: RELIGIOUS PARADIGMS OF THE ANTIQUITY AS ANTHROPOLOGICAL INVARIANTS by A. V. Halapsis

“…Iconoclasm was a Byzantine version of the Reformation, promoted by the Isaurian emperors and failed due to the strong Hellenistic naturalistic lobby. …”
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