INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES VII GENEALOGY VIII Part One: The Background 1 I THE BURGUNDIAN INHERITANCE 1 2 THE HABSBURGS AND SPAIN 5 3 THE PROSPECT OF GERMANY 9 Part Two: The Imperial Election ( 1519) 14 4 DISSOLVING HOPES 14 5 THE CAMPAIGN 16 Part Three: Consolidation 21 6 THE DIET OF WORMS (1521) 21 7 THE COMPACT OF BRUSSELS (1522) 25 8 THE NETHERLANDS 27 9 THE COMUNERO REVOLT 31 10 THE STRENGTHENING OF SPAIN 35 Part Four: Italy and the Lutherans 38 II THE IT ALlAN WARS 38 12 FERDINAND'S REGENCY 44 Part Five: The Standard-bearer 49 13 THE DUTIES OF EMPIRE 49 14 THE DIET OF AUGSBURG (1530) 54 15 THE POLITICS OF CONCILIATION 57 16 THE COLLOQUY OF REGENSBURG (1541) 62 17 BEYOND EUROPE 64 Part Six: War in Germany 67 18 FINANCE 67 19 THE DECISION TO FIGHT 72 20 THE SCHMALKALDIC WAR (1546-47) 78 v21 THE HOLLOW VICTORY 81 22 DEFEAT IN GERMANY 85 Part Seven: Succession and Abdication 89 Part Eight: Assessment - Charles and his Biographers 94 Part Nine: Documents 98 CHRONOLOGY 116 MAPS 119 BIBLIOGRAPHY 123 INDEX.