Charles V

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This paper studies the strategy of King Charles V to become a great Renaissance superpower and analyzes and evaluates whether these plans to bring his vast Empire that was a Euro skeptics nightmare together were bound to fail. It looks at the factors that influenced Charles V planning and policy making, the extension of the power of the Hapsburg dynasty throughout Europe, the unity of his domains, the defense of Catholic Europe against enemies from within, the problem of Lutheranism from within Germany and the almost continuous conflict with France and the threat of Turkish invasion.

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"Charles strategy was that he always tried to be in the part of his Empire were he was most needed and were loyalty and unity appeared to be seeping. For example to promote unity in Spain Charles made a real effort to pose as the good Spaniard by staying in Spain for seven years from 1522-29, learning to speak Spanish and by marrying a Portuguese wife Isabella. This was also a necessary strategy as Charles must have appeared wholly foreign to his subjects, and being foreign would not inspire loyalty and unity. During his stay in Spain Charles established a monarchical relationship with the Spanish towns by
listening to the petitions of his Spanish subjects, and Charles removed corrupt administrators and officials to restore business and economic confidence."

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