Charlemagne’s long war against the Saxons was one of the most relentless conflicts of the early Middle Ages. The clash at ...

In the turbulent centuries after Rome’s collapse, we look at how Charlemagne forged a military machine that became the backbone of his expanding empire. From reorganizing traditional levies into a ...

An air of mystery surrounds the off-white dome, framed by slender cylindrical towers, rising from the alluvial soil that sweeps from the Chienti valley to the Adriatic. Guidebooks describe the church ...