Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War:

This book examines the three dimensions of European warfare, based on the campaigns of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). Charles's role as commander-in-chief is evaluated by measuring his strategic aims. The process by which bankers took control of the finances of the Habsburg lands becomes clear from an examination of the source of the money to pay for Charles's campaigns. Finally, a comparison of the realms that provided most of Charles's revenues shows how some parliamentary bodies successfully pursued long-term local interests by exploiting the dynasty's need for money.

List of illustrations
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Strategy and Finance:
The grand strategy of Charles V
The Habsburg-Valois struggle: Italy 1515-28
The search for revenue, I: the hard roads of fiscal reform
The search for revenue, II: parliamentary subsidies
The search for credit: Charles and his bankers
Impresario of War: Charles's Campaigns, 1529-52
Finding uses for an army: Charles in Italy, 1529-30
Crusades in Austria and the Mediterranean, 1532-5
Failures in Provence and at Prevesa and Algiers, 1536-41
Charles's Grand Plan, 1543-4
The first Schmalkaldic War, 1546-7
The second Schmalkaldic War and the assault on Metz, 1552
War Taxation: Parliaments of the Core Provinces of the Low Countries, Naples, and Castile
Fiscal devolution and war taxation in the Low Countries
Baronial politics and war finances in the Kingdom of Naples
Town autonomy, Noble magistrates, and war taxation in Castile
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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Emperor Charles V, Impresario of War: Campaign Strategy, International Finance, and Domestic Politics

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