"Fiat iustitia et pereat mundus."

"The sheer heterogeneity and diffusion of these lands, which will be examined further below, might suggest that the Ha…"

"By 1552, French armies had moved into Germany, in support of the Protestant states, who were thereby able to resist t…"

"It is clear that while Arrigo [Henry II] was merely the King of Bishops, Arduin was the King of the People. These two…"

"What painter could portray all the bizarre transformations of the Devil? It is not true that he always appeared as ug…"

"He had been a curious mixture of piety, chastity and ferocity. He had killed with the same zeal with which he had pra…"

"Henry II was a pious and sincerely devout emperor. He managed to remain so even after seeing for himself what had bec…"

"In Oberkaufungen in Hesse, Germany, Saint Cunegonda: she brought many benefits to the Church together with her husban…"

"She had prayed and made offerings to Mary, who had given birth to Jesus; to Saint Anne, the mother of Mary, who, havi…"

"Italy is my inheritance, and this is well known to all the world. To covet the property of others and abandon my own,…"