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French scientists have finally decoded a cryptic letter written by one of the most powerful rulers of Renaissance Europe. France’s Stanislas Library announced that a three-page coded letter written by ...

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When Voltaire said “The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire,” he highlighted a quirk of our ...

The French writer and historian Voltaire famously quipped that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor even an empire. Names aside, a new book shows that this wide-ranging confederation ...

The Holy Roman Empire, it was famously put (by Voltaire, I think), was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Likewise, the First Amendment "actual malice" test isn't actually about malice, but ...

French scientists have decoded a letter written in 1547 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The three-page letter uncovers secrets of the 16th century, including assassination fears. It took the ...