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The Expansion of Europe and Christendom in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries |
Suleiman II, the Magnificent (1520-1566) |
| European Expansion based on new technology and on the military strength of the proto-nation state | Spirit of 1492 |
| King John III of Portugal, Regimento do Astrolabio e do Quadrante 1484 | Ship Design --- Astrolabe and Quadrant --- Cannon |
| Batholomeu Dias (Diaz) (1450-1500) Rounded Cape of Good Hope 1487 | Vasco de Gama (1469-1539) Sailed to Coast of India 1498 |
| Christopher Colombus |
Spain Ferdinand of Aragon (1479-1516) Isabella of Castile (1474-1504) |
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The Political Situation in Western Europe on the Eve of the Reformation Fall of Constantinople 1453 Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul) |
Vienna 1529
St Stephen's Vienna |
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| Charles V
(1519-1556) Hapsburg (Portrait of
the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V Seated.
1548 Oil on canvas, 205 x 122 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich) Click on the painting for another Titian portrait of Charles V |
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| Emperor Charles V was the King of Castile, Aragon, Naples,
Sicily, Sardinia, Spanish possessions of the new world, Emperor of the Romans and king of
Germany
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Francis I of France (1515-1547) |
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