Outlines for “A History of the Modern World” 9th Edition

1556 Charles V abdicates, divides his holdings, and moves to a monastery. he tried for 35 years to preserve religious unity of Germany. Ferdinand (his brother) gave Austria, Bohemia, Hungary, and HRE. Philip II got Spain, New World, and Spanish Netherlands, Bugundy, Milan, Naples, Tunis. Hapsburgs remained divided between Austrian and Spanish ... ................
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