Table of Contents
Preface ix
Note on Conventions xviii
Part I Young charles
1 From Duke of Luxemburg to Prince of Castile, 1500-8 3
2 The Orphan Prince, 1509-14 25
3 The Difficult Inheritance, 1515-17 44
Portrait of the Emperor as a Young Man 66
Part II Game of Thrones
4 From King of Spain to King of the Romans, 1517-19 75
5 From Peace through Rebellion to War, 1519-21 101
6 Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat, 1521-5 130
7 Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, 1525-8 149
8 Champion of the Western World, 1528-31 181
Portrait of the Emperor as a Renaissance Prince 203
Part III 'Ruler from the rising to the setting of the sun'
9 The Last Crusader, 1532-6 225
10 Years of Defeat, 1536-41 248
11 Settling Scores, Part I: Guelders and France, 1541-4 278
12 Settling Scores, Part II: Germany and Italy, 1545-8 308
13 The Taming of America 342
Portrait of the Emperor in his Prime 376
Part IV Downfall
14 Paterfamilias, 1548-51 395
15 The Emperor's Last Campaigns, 1551-4 425
16 Restless Retirement, 1555-8 460
17 The Emperor in Legend and History 490
Epilogue: The Balance of the Reign 503
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 547
Chronology 552
Abbreviations in the Notes and Sources 564
Note on Dates and Quotes 568
Note on Sources 569
Notes 596
Bibliography 687
List of Maps, Figures and Plates 720
Index 722