Charles V, Holy Roman emperor: Bibliography

The classic works on Charles V are the biography by K. Brandi (1937, tr. 1939, repr. 1968) and R. B. Merriman, The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and the New, Vol. III (1926, repr. 1972); see also biographies by G. von Schwarzenfeld (tr. 1957) and O. von Hapsburg (tr. 1970).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Assessment
• Withdrawal from Power
• Struggle for Empire
• Early Years
• Bibliography

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