How was the size of Charles V's territories proverbially described?
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an empire on which the sun never set
It stretched from Europe to the newly conquered New World.
💡 Did you know? Later the phrase was applied to the British Empire too.
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Which reformer was Charles V’s great adversary?
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Martin Luther
At the Diet of Worms in 1521 Luther refused to recant before him.
💡 Did you know? Charles outlawed him: but the Reformation could not be stopped.
Which great kingdom did Charles V rule besides the empire?
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Spain
From Spain flowed the riches of the American colonies.
💡 Did you know? His son Philip II later inherited the Spanish empire.
To which ruling house did Charles V belong?
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House of Habsburg
Through clever marriage policy the Habsburgs amassed crowns.
💡 Did you know? „Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry“ was their motto.
Against which power did Charles V defend Vienna in 1529?
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the Ottomans
The first siege of Vienna failed against the defenders.
💡 Did you know? The struggle with the Ottomans tied down Charles’s forces in the east.
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