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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Note on Conventions
Part I Young Charles
1 From Duke of Luxemburg to Prince of Castile, 1500–8
2 The Orphan Prince, 1509–14
3 The Difficult Inheritance, 1515–17
Portrait of the Emperor as a Young Man
Part II Game of Thrones
4 From King of Spain to King of the Romans, 1517–19
5 From Peace through Rebellion to War, 1519–21
6 Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat, 1521–5
7 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, 1525–8
8 Champion of the Western World, 1528–31
Portrait of the Emperor as a Renaissance Prince
Part III ‘Ruler from the Rising to the Setting of the Sun’
9 The Last Crusader, 1532–6
10 Years of Defeat, 1536–41
11 Settling Scores, Part I: Guelders and France, 1541–4
12 Settling Scores, Part II: Germany and Italy, 1545–8
13 The Taming of America
Portrait of the Emperor in his Prime
Part IV Downfall
14 Paterfamilias, 1548–51
15 The Emperor’s Last Campaigns, 1551–4
16 Restless Retirement, 1555–8
17 The Emperor in Legend and History
Epilogue: The Balance of the Reign
Appendices
I. The Emperor’s Memoirs
II. The Afterlife of Charles V’s Body
III. The Emperor’s Last Instructions to Philip II
IV. ‘Infanta Isabel of Castile, daughter of His Majesty the emperor’
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Abbreviations in the Notes and Sources
Note on Dates and Quotes
Note on Sources
Notes
Bibliography
List of Maps, Figures and Plates
Index
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