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A New WorldEmperor Charles V and the Beginnings of Globalisation
The European Cultural Routes of the Emperor Charles V is one of the most significant routes to have been recognised by the European Council. Ruling over distant and strikingly differinglands, Charles V of Hapsburg, the greatest European monarchof the first half of the 16th century, governed an empire thatstretched from Holland and Germany to Spain and the Kingdomof Naples, in addition to his constantly growing Americadomains. The book, A New World. Emperor Charles V and theBeginnings of Globalisation, is an occasion to reflect upon howhis reign impacted upon human development and how, throughthe rapid growth of communications and connectivity, we haveended up where we are now. The reign of Charles V was a majorthreshold in history that, along with images of the life andculture of the time, the papers in this book amply illustrate.
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