The Struggle for a European Domination 1500-1535

ABOUT THE BOOK: WRITER : THANOS KONDYLIS - TITLE : The struggle for a European domination(1500-1535) - TYPE : History - FORM : Essay - LANGUAGE : ENGLISH - PAGES : 70 - WORDS : 11.800 - NOTES : Inside the text - BIBLIOGRAPHY : Yes - FIRST PRESENTATION : 2012 - CONTEMPORARY VERSION : 2012 (v. 1) - Contact me at: thkamazon@yahoo.com - SUMMARY : In this book the author examines Europe at the beginning of the 16th century. Strangely enough by that time Italy was the ?center? of Europe. The Italian peninsula was for a long time part of the Holy Roman Empire until the 13th century. Since then new small states under rich patrons started to emerge. During the 15th century Italy was consisted of many states hostile to each other. The outcome of this situation was almost constant war. It was the rivalry between Charles V (Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the King of Spain) and Francis I (the King of France) which in many times triggered these wars. Both were extremely powerful and wanted to rule Europe, if not the world. So they fought many wars but none could totally subdue the other. Plus they both had to deal with the Ottoman Turks. They had emerged from Asia during the 13th century and by 1500 they expanded to both sides of the Aegean Sea. During the 16th century they collided with the Hungarians at the plains of Central Europe. The Spanish Emperor had to answer back. So he attacked the Turks during 1532. The Spanish Emperor Charles V wanted to protect his colonies in North Africa which were invaded and destroyed by the Muslim Emirs, assisted by the Ottoman Turks. So he launched an attack against the Turkish city-port of Coron (South West cape of Peloponnese, Greece). He captured the city and held it for almost two years. This is a brief history of Europe during the early 16th century. Through these lines the reader can detect many elements of the renaissance states and study a general European history of the 15th ant the 16th centuries.