![]() ![]() The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles's reign and views the world through the emperor's own eyes. ![]() He explores the crucial decisions that created and preserved this vast empire, analyzes Charles's achievements within the context of both personal and structural factors, and scrutinizes the intimate details of the ruler's life for clues to his character and inclinations. Geoffrey Parker, one of the world's leading historians of early modern Europe, has examined the surviving written sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, as well as visual and material evidence. ![]() ![]() But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human. The Great War and the Twentieth Century (Trade Paperback / Paperback)Įdited by Winter, Jay Parker, Geoffrey Habeck, MaryĮmperor: A New Life of Charles V (Trade Paperback / Paperback)ĭrawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued bi. The Thirty Years War was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. Thirty Years' War by Parker, Geoffrey (Editor)/ Adams, Simon (Editor) Seller Revaluation Books Published 1997 Condition New ISBN 9780415154581 Item Price. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |