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Charles declared himself ready to stake his dominions, fri send aways, blood, life, and instinct on the extinction of heresy. According to Scott Hendrix, in April 1521, Luther appeared before emperor Charles V to defend what he had taught and written (Hendrix, 48). At the end of his speech, the story goes, Luther spoke the famous words, "Here I confirm; I can do no early(a). God function me." Eric Gritsch explains that the Holy Roman imperium, which was in effect a symbiotic relationship between spiritual and temporal rulers, namely the pontiff and the Emperor, was being threatened by a massive violation of Muslims led by Turkish sultans. At the same time, the virtuoso of Christendom was being imperiled by the fast-growing reform movement started by Martin Luther. In this turbulent era, the assembly held at Worms in 1521 was one attempt to preserve the unity of the Empire if for no other reason than to defeat the Muslims Turks. In May of 1521, Charles V write the Edict of Worms, outlawing Luther and his followers. However, Charles's preoccupation with the war with France prevented him from checking the spread of Luther's doctrines (Gritch, 36).

In 1527, capital of Italy was in the grip of bleak despair. Charles V wild was enraged over arrears in pay and his army burned and ravaged its way through Rome torturing and killing thousands. The Pope, about Cardinals and about 3,000

Gritsch, Eric W. "The Diet of Worms" Christian History 9,4: 36.

Atkins, Sinclair. "Charles V and the Turks" History Today 30, 12: 13.

In his later years, Charles V do a series of abdications that go forth the Hapsburg dominions divided between Austria and Spain. In 1554, he gave Naples and Milan to his son Philip II, whom he married to Queen Mary I of England. In 1555, he turned over the Netherlands to Philip. In 1556, Charles V abdicates. His son, Phillip II, becomes ruler of Spain. His brother, Ferdinand I, is made Emperor. Phillip II reigns from 1556-98.

Charles then retired to the monastery of Yuste, but he took an active involution in politics until his death.

According to Nathan Rein, the battle of Mnhlberg in April of 1547, began a brief period of dominance of German affairs by Emperor Charles V. In the wake of his victory, Charles attempted to undo the do of the reclamation and bring the Church under his control by engineering the Augsburg Interim, which was nominally a Catholic-Protestant compromise. The so-called compromise was seen by most Protestants as an attempt to lead the "free" German church back into Catholic and Papal servitude (Rein, 45).

Rein, Nathan. "Faith and Empire: Conflicting Visions of theology in a Late Reformation controversy The Augsburg Interim and Its Opponets, 1548-50." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 71, 1: 45.

Summary: Douglas Hilt suggests that nature abhors a vacuum and in the absence of a powerful legitimate ruler, someone or something will fill the void. Hily writes that this was not the case during the sixteenth century, which was henpecked by Emperor Charles V, and his son Phillip II, both of whom were energetic rulers with hardened
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