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Title Four princes : Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the obsessions that forged modern Europe / John Julius Norwich ; maps drawn by Rodney Paull
Imprint London : John Murray, 2017

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Husie:Vuxen Facklitteratur (900-999)  940.2 engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 288 sidor illustrationer 13 cm
Note Originally published: 2016
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index
Four great princes, Henry VIII of England, Francis I of France, Charles V of Spain and Suleiman the Magnificent were born within a single decade. Each looms large in his country's history and, in this book, John Julius Norwich broadens the scope and shows how, against the rich background of the Renaissance and destruction of the Reformation, their wary obsession with one another laid the foundations for modern Europe. Individually, each man could hardly have been more different - from the scandals of Henry's six wives to Charles's monasticism - but, together, they dominated the world stage. From the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a pageant of jousting, feasting and general carousing so lavish that it nearly bankrupted both France and England, to Suleiman's celebratory pyramid of 2,000 human heads (including those of seven Hungarian bishops) after the battle of Mohacs; from Anne Boleyn's six-fingered hand (a potential sign of witchcraft) that had the pious nervously crossing themselves, to the real story of the Maltese falcon, Four Princes is history at its vivid, entertaining best
Subject Henrik VIII, kung av England, 1491-1547
Frans I, kung av Frankrike, 1494-1547
Karl V, tysk-romersk kejsare, 1500-1558
Soliman I, turkisk sultan
Renässansen
Kungar och härskare
Europa
Classmark 940.21
Ka.38
Ka.41
Alt Auth Paull, Rodney
ISBN/ISSN 9781473632981 pocket
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