Mary Tiffany Ferer's volume, Music and Ceremony at the court of
Charles V: The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion, continues this tradition.
The knight's journey has taken him beyond the normal borders, into the plus ultra of
Charles V's emblem.
This was enhanced by the rivalry of the French and the Holy Roman Empire in Italy and by the unprecedented power of
Charles V, whose world imperial ambitions compelled the encircled French to seek the help of a strong ally.
Charles V's Grandes chroniques was one of his prized possessions.
We hear of the Holy Roman Empire, Martin Luther, and the Pope, all in comic contexts; Faust and Mephisto claim to have come from Spain, perhaps an allusion to
Charles V's claim to the Empire.
However, even as good news arrives of
Charles V's defeat of the French in Italy, Henry remains distracted by his growing obsession with Anne Boleyn as she coyly toys with him by refusing his lavish gifts.
Nevertheless, the Burgundian example of a large and relatively well-endowed body of musicians exerted great influence throughout the period, particularly those rulers most immediately under the Burgundian spell like
Charles V (1526-1566) and Philip II (1566-1598).
The specifics of Swift's satire may be lost on all but the most specialized readers--who not armed with a Norton critical edition can suss out Swift's feelings about religious tolerance in Holland, or get the jokes he tells at
Charles V's expense?--but what remains is a broader comedy, a satire on humankind, hypocrisy, selfishness and cruelty, egotism and the solipsism of intellectuals.
1365-1430) transformed her personal memories of King
Charles V into an enduring form of national memory by allying her 1404 biography of Charles with official French history.
He holds wine-tasting courses in both La Brasserie du Pont Louis Philippe on the Quai de l'Hotel de Ville and in the magnificent Le Cellier Sait Paul which used to be
Charles V's personal cellar.
An intense period of productivity under the Medici pope Clement VII starting in 1524 was cut short in 1527 by
Charles V's sack of Rome and the artist's narrow escape to Bologna.
Chapter 8 deserves special mention for its clear and cogent description of
Charles V's empire and its complexity.
Dolce authored five epics: Il Sacripante (1535-6), Stanze on
Charles V's victory in Africa (1535), Palmerino (1561), Primaleone (1562), and Le prime imprese di Conte Orlando (1572).
