Today's installment concludes Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy,the name of our combined selection from Ferdinand Gregorovius and

On the day of the coronation he made his entrance through the Porta Castella close to St. Angelo and here repeated the oath.Continuing Holy Roman

Adalbert of Hamburg and Bremen having refused the papacy, the King chose Suidger of Bamberg. The royal command was all that was required to place the