Emperor: A New Life of Charles V
ISBN-13:
9780300196528
ISBN-10:
0300196520
Edition:
First Edition, First Impression
Author:
Geoffrey Parker
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Hardcover
760 pages
Category:
Europe
,
Historical
,
Royalty
,
Leaders & Notable People
,
European History
,
World History
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ISBN-13:
9780300196528
ISBN-10:
0300196520
Edition:
First Edition, First Impression
Author:
Geoffrey Parker
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Format:
Hardcover
760 pages
Category:
Europe
,
Historical
,
Royalty
,
Leaders & Notable People
,
European History
,
World History
Summary
Emperor: A New Life of Charles V (ISBN-13: 9780300196528 and ISBN-10: 0300196520), written by authors
Geoffrey Parker, was published by Yale University Press in 2019.
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Description
Drawing 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 biographers. 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.
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. 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. The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles’s reign and views the world through the emperor’s own eyes.
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 biographers. 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.
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. 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. The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles’s reign and views the world through the emperor’s own eyes.
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