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...married to the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman]] [[Emperor]], [[Henry III (Holy Roman Emperor)|Henry III]], as had been agreed between Canute and Henry's f

...body being touched by a finger or piece of cloth which has been dipped in holy oil. It was originally a Hebrew practice. It was adopted by [[Pippin the Sh

...as the actual True Cross. This relic was enshrined in the Church of the [[Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]].

...a child of his own. Philip, [[Count]] of [[Flanders]], arriving in the [[Holy Land]] in 1177, and demanded that she marry one of his vassals, thus giving ...other Amalric, who received a [[royal]] crown from the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]].

...s battle, Prester John allegedly set out for [[Jerusalem]] to rescue the [[Holy Land]], but the swollen waters of the Tigris compelled him to return to his ...y Prester John, the King of India. The letter later came, copied, to the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Frederick Barbarossa]]. This letter, appearing around 11

...imarily against Muslims, to "liberate" the city of [[Jerusalem]] and the [[Holy Land]] from Muslim control. Between Crusades, the lands of [[Outremer]] an

...patchwork of states who elected an Emperor. This union was known as the [[Holy Roman Empire]].

...ger Duchess of [[Burgundy]]. In 1493 he attended the [[funeral]] of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] and achieved recognition by the new Emperor (in return, som

...season]] it was currently - after all the [[church]] would tell them which holy days were approaching.

Their initial recorded [[dynasty]] were the ''[[Merovingian]]s'' (of "Holy Blood" fame), who claimed descent from the [[classical]] Sicambri people th

The Companie is set in the years 1150-1250AD, in the [[Holy Land]]s. They re-enact the period of the [[Third Crusade]], and for public

...t" of Arthur's knights, had produced a son, [[Galahad]], had essayed the [[Holy Grail|Grail]] (but failed because of his sin with Guinevere), and had then

...''Aelfweard''' succeded Edward in Wessex; their daughter Eadgyth married [[Holy Roman Empire|Emperor]] '''Otto I'''. Another daughter married '''Charles t

...Europe. [[Frederick Barbarossa]] adopted the Eagle as the symbol of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], inspired by it's association with Imperial Rome.

...self a King in Jerusalem... instead inventing the title "Defender of the [[Holy Sepulchre]]", much to Raymond's chagrin.

'''Frederick II''' was, variously, [[Holy Roman Emperor]] and [[King]] of [[Germany]], of [[Italy]], and of [[Burgund ...as king, with herself as his [[regent]], then severed all ties with the [[Holy Roman Empire|Empire]], sent home all the German counsellors, and on her son

...m Cephlapodum) and his Cephalopod Collective. This broke out into a (mock) holy war. <br>

:Holy water Clerk: Male [[hawk|Sparrowhawk]] The [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Frederick II]] wrote "De Arte Venandi cum Avibus" (The Ar

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...supported the Western, [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], drive to recover the Holy Places in Judea from the [[Muslim]] [[army|armies]] that had seized them. ...rial title). While he grew up, the titular [[king]] of [[Jerusalem]] (the holy city being by now firmly in Muslim hands), John of Brienne, served as regen