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Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor and, until his death in 1558, he was to play a central role on the European political stage. The book is a clear introduction to the often confusing train of events in the first half of the sixteenth century. It looks at Charles's response to the Protestant Reformation in Germany; his efforts to retain the Netherlands under Habsburg control; his struggle with France for domination over Italy; and his attempts to check the expansion of Ottoman power in the Mediterranean.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES VII
GENEALOGY VIII
Part One: The Background 1
I THE BURGUNDIAN INHERITANCE 1
2 THE HABSBURGS AND SPAIN 5
3 THE PROSPECT OF GERMANY 9
Part Two: The Imperial Election ( 1519) 14
4 DISSOLVING HOPES 14
5 THE CAMPAIGN 16
Part Three: Consolidation 21
6 THE DIET OF WORMS (1521) 21
7 THE COMPACT OF BRUSSELS (1522) 25
8 THE NETHERLANDS 27
9 THE COMUNERO REVOLT 31
10 THE STRENGTHENING OF SPAIN 35
Part Four: Italy and the Lutherans 38
II THE IT ALlAN WARS 38
12 FERDINAND'S REGENCY 44
Part Five: The Standard-bearer 49
13 THE DUTIES OF EMPIRE 49
14 THE DIET OF AUGSBURG (1530) 54
15 THE POLITICS OF CONCILIATION 57
16 THE COLLOQUY OF REGENSBURG (1541) 62
17 BEYOND EUROPE 64
Part Six: War in Germany 67
18 FINANCE 67
19 THE DECISION TO FIGHT 72
20 THE SCHMALKALDIC WAR (1546-47) 78
v21 THE HOLLOW VICTORY 81
22 DEFEAT IN GERMANY 85
Part Seven: Succession and Abdication 89
Part Eight: Assessment - Charles and his
Biographers 94
Part Nine: Documents 98
CHRONOLOGY 116
MAPS 119
BIBLIOGRAPHY 123
INDEX
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Martyn Rady
Zusammenfassung
Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor and, until his death in 1558, he was to play a central role on the European political stage. The book is a clear introduction to the often confusing train of events in the first half of the sixteenth century. It looks at Charles's response to the Protestant Reformation in Germany; his efforts to retain the Netherlands under Habsburg control; his struggle with France for domination over Italy; and his attempts to check the expansion of Ottoman power in the Mediterranean.
