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Emperor, a new life of Charles V, Geoffrey Parker

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a new life of Charles V

Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTE ON CONVENTIONS; PART I YOUNG CHARLES; one FROM DUKE OF LUXEMBURG TO PRINCE OF CASTILE, 1500-8; the duke of luxemburg; the universal heir; 'a handsome and happy child'; archduchess margaret of austria, dowager duchess of savoy; protecting the heir; courtship and marriage; two THE ORPHAN PRINCE, 1509-14; 'maxi'; education; creating an alternative universe; huntin', shootin' and fishin'; the threshold of power; three THE DIFFICULT INHERITANCE, 1515-17; emancipation; the spanish succession; the interregnumThe letterPORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR AS A YOUNG MAN; PART II GAME OF THRONES; four FROM KING OF SPAIN TO KING OF THE ROMANS, 1517-19; spain at last; a mother and her children; losing ground; 'buy yourself an emperor'36; planning for empire; five FROM PEACE THROUGH REBELLION TO WAR, 1519-21; the race to reach england; spain in flames; charles and the comuneros; king of the romans and emperor-elect; the reformation as tournament; charles takes his stand; a second emancipation; six SNATCHING VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT, 1521-5; charles's first campaign; emperor, pope and king unitedThe pacification of spainthe great enterprise; 'men fight battles but god grants victories'42; seven SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY, 1525-8; woe to the conquered; losing the initiative; marriage; 'full of dumps and solitary musing'; fighting on two fronts; to rome!; charles at bay; the duel that never was; eight CHAMPION OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 1528-31; caesars's luck; the pacification of italy; humbling france; italy or germany?; the emperor's grand strategy; from the brenner to brussels; reordering the netherlands; PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR AS A RENAISSANCE PRINCEDisciplining the emperora new style of decision-making; the emperor at play and at prayer; unhappy family; charles the charmer; PART III 'RULER FROM THE RISING TO THE SETTING OF THE SUN'; nine THE LAST CRUSADER, 1532-6; the imperial invalid; the heir of charlemagne confronts the heir of alexander; back to spain; family life again; carolus africanus; the victory lap; ten YEARS OF DEFEAT, 1536-41; to war with france again; charles on campaign; the strange road back to peace; the emperor and his critics; through france to the netherlands; the diet of regensburg; storm over algiersThe search for scapegoatseleven SETTLING SCORES, PART I: GUELDERS AND FRANCE, 1541-4; murder most foul; rincón's posthumous revenge; a new war between charles and francis; how to be king; the destruction of guelders; preparation; 'to push our enemies down'; twelve SETTLING SCORES, PART II: GERMANY AND ITALY, 1545-8; the alternative; preparing to extirpate the lutherans; the war of schmalkalden; always read the small print; the armed diet; settling scores in italy; thirteen THE TAMING OF AMERICA1; the first america; the conquest of mexico; taming new spain; tying up loose ends