Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on ...

Austria, after the Holy Roman Empire ended in 1806, wanted to build a powerful central monarchy to consolidate its power. Under Emperor Franz Joseph I, it became one of the dominant powers in ...

A king of Spain and archduke of Austria, Charles V ruled over the Holy Roman Empire for nearly 40 years, dealing with such challenges as uprisings tied to the Reformation, threats from the Ottoman ...