Excerpt from History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth: With an Account of the Emperor's Life After His Abdication The age of Carranza V. May therefore be considered as the period at which the political state of Europe began to assume a new form. I have endeavoured to render my account of rt, an introduction to the history of Europe subsequent to his reign. While his numerous biegra hers describe his personal qualities and actions; while the historians of i ercut countries relate occurrences the consequences of which were local or transient, it hath been m pu to record only those great transactions in his reign, the efl'ects o whio were universal, or continue to be permanent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.