Table of Contents

An imperium of 40 years; a grand strategy?; honour, rights and land?; protector of the Catholic Church; Charles' political system; the cost of the empire; the image in balance.

Promotional Information

The first new study of Charles V and his world for many years Written by a scholar of European reputation Re-evaluates the role of a pivotal character from the sixteenth-century

About the Author

Wim Blockmans, Professor of History, University of Leiden.