French scientists have decoded a letter written in 1547 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The three-page letter uncovers secrets of the 16th century, including assassination fears.

Holy Roman Emperor’s Secret Code Broken After 500 Years, Revealing Assassination Fears Despite his paranoia, Charles V actually died of malaria in the end. Benjamin Taub ...

A team of researchers has cracked a five century-old code which reveals a rumoured French plot to kill the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V. Charles was one of the most powerful men ...

When Charles V assumed the throne in 1519, the nineteen‑year‑old Habsburg suddenly controlled one of the most sprawling ...

The ambition and accomplishment of Charles V: “In late 1555 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and head of the house of Habsburg, returned to the Low Countries, where he was born: there, he began the ...

Charles V, king of Spain and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled over vast regions of central and western Europe and the Americas for much of the first half of the sixteenth century. This ...

Prof. Parker (Ohio State), the well-known specialist in Spanish and early modern military history, follows up his impressive Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II with this thick biography of that ...