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Author Reston, James, Jr., 1941-2023

Title Defenders of the faith : Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the battle for Europe, 1520-1536 / James Reston, Jr.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  940.232 RESTON    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  940.232 RESTON    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  940.232 RESTON    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  940.23 R436D    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  940.232 RESTON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  940.232 RE    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 407 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents The die is cast -- Horsetails and worms -- Ancestral aspirations -- The capture of a king -- More was lost at Mohacs -- The sack of Rome -- The end of the Renaissance -- The gates of Vienna -- Last gasp in Europe -- The natural enemy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-397) and index.
Summary Describes the events surrounding the clash between Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, and Suleyman I, the Sultan of the Turks and their battle for supremacy in Europe.
Subject Holy Roman Empire -- History -- Charles V, 1519-1556.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Turkey -- History -- Süleyman I, 1520-1566.
Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566.
Holy Roman Empire -- Foreign relations -- Turkey.
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Holy Roman Empire.
Holy Roman Empire -- Religion -- 16th century.
Turkey -- Religion -- 16th century.
Religion and civilization -- Europe.
Vienna (Austria) -- History -- Siege, 1529 -- Religious aspects.
ISBN 9781594202254
1594202257
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