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2 days ago · Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that sprawled across the continent and beyond, to the New World. But the man born in Ghent in 1500 and raised in Mechelen would abdicate in Brussels at the age of 55.
3 days ago · Charles I, who was elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1519 upon the death of his paternal grandfather, Maximilian, aspired to universal monarchy over the far-flung territories he had inherited, from Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, and Spain to the New World.
4 days ago · France - Charles V, Monarchy, Renaissance: Under the former dauphin, now Charles V (reigned 1364–80), the fortunes of war were dramatically reversed. Charles had a high conception of royalty and a good political sense.
1 day ago · The Habsburg dynasty achieved its highest position when Charles V was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519. Much of Charles's reign was dedicated to the fight against Protestantism, which led to its eradication throughout vast areas under Habsburg control.
2 days ago · Charlemagne (Charles I; Holy Roman emperor) 800–814 Louis I, the Pious (emperor) 814–840 Lothar I (emperor) 840–855 Louis II, the German (king of the East Franks) 840–876 Charles II, the Bald (king of the West Franks) 843–875 Charles II, the Bald (Holy Roman emperor)
5 days ago · In this paper, we study the role of a crucial institutional innovation in the Holy Roman Empire—the development of fiscal capacity through permanent administrations—in fostering this historical development (Hintze (1975), Schumpeter (1991)).
1 day ago · This was a general assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire that took place in Worms, a town on the Rhine. It was conducted from 28 January to 25 May 1521, with Emperor Charles V presiding. Prince Frederick III, Elector of Saxony , obtained a safe conduct for Luther to and from the meeting.
