Emperor Charles V: 1500-1558
By (author): "Isola van den Hoven-Vardon, Wim Blockmans"
Publish Date:
2001
ISBN0340720387
ISBN139780340720387
AsinEmperor Charles V: 1500-1558
Original titleKeizer Karel V, 1500-1558: De utopie van het keizerschap
The world of the first half of the sixteenth century was exceptionally dynamic. Voyages of discovery made the world larger; science and technology were revolutionized; Christian thought underwent a powerful renewal; the population and economy grew. And in the midst of this constellation of change, one man - the Emperor Charles V - ruled a conglomeration of territory more extensive than that previously held by any ruler in European history.