This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...to pull down Charles V. Had his prudence and his strength been equal, how could they have succeeded against an emperor, king of Spain and Naples, sovereign of the Low Countries, whose frontiers extended even to the gates of Amiens, and into whose ports of Spain the treasures of a newfound world began already to be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...to pull down Charles V. Had his prudence and his strength been equal, how could they have succeeded against an emperor, king of Spain and Naples, sovereign of the Low Countries, whose frontiers extended even to the gates of Amiens, and into whose ports of Spain the treasures of a newfound world began already to be poured. Henry VIII., king of England, pretends at length to hold the balance between Charles V. and Francis I.--a great example of what the courage of the English, assisted by the riches of their commerce, was able to do. In this review of Europe it is Vol. 32--11 observable that Henry VIII., one of the principal personages, was one of the greatest scourges the earth ever felt; absolute even to brutality; furious in his anger; barbarous in his amours; a murderer of his wives; and a tyrant as capricious in the government of his kingdom, as in the management of religion: yet did he die in his bed; and Mary Stuart, who had only a criminal weakness, and Charles I., who could be reproached with nothing but goodness, died upon the scaffold. A king still wickeder than Henry VIII., that is Christian II., after reuniting to his power Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, a monster always stained with blood, and surnamed the Nero of the North, yet at last is punished for all his crimes; although the brother of Christian V. is dethroned, and dies in prison in old age, the object of contempt and detestation. Thus have I drawn, in miniature, the principal Christian princes who made a figure in Europe, when Charles V. took the reins of the empire. Sciences flourished at that time in Italy more than ever. But she was never more distant from that great end proposed by Julius II., of driving the Barbarians out of Italy. The European powers were almost always at war; but ha...
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Collectible, Fine. No Dj. Book Octavo, hardcover, fine in ornate greenand gilt embossed boards. gilt top edge. Hinges tight, pages crisp, bright and unmarked, Marbled endpapers. limited to 1000 copies. Volume 32 in 43 volume set. Very clean and well preserved. Begins with Louis of Bavaria, 1315 to Ferdinand II, 1631, Volume 2 in 2 volumes of Annals of the Empire. 317 pp.