Holy Roman Empire
Diaryblog
Pestle or dildo? Six-inch wooden implement may be a Roman sex toy, say academics
Artefact may “be the first known sex object from the Roman Empire” according to new research
Exhibitionspreview
Finding Nero: reputation of misunderstood Roman emperor is revisited for major London show
“Almost every single thing we think we know about him is wrong,” says the curator of a new exhibition at the British Museum
Booksreview
Master of the putti: instructive book explores Albrecht Dürer's obsession with the little cherubs
Survey including 91 illustrations shows how the artist used the winged gods prolifically in his work
Book Shortsreview
How the Habsburgs conquered by having arms rather than using them
New book and exhibition shows that the arms and armour of the Emperor Maximilian I were the visible signs of his chivalry
Book Shortsreview
Scholarly book on European coronation rituals supplies sound background to 11th-century art history
This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state
Exhibitionsarchive
Emperor Rudolph II's art treasures are reunited in Prague as the Czech republic seeks self-definition
A politically charged mega-exhibition about the Mannerist emperor/collector