Charles V and the Failure of Empire
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Charles's Choice to Buy the Holy Roman Empire
Charles inherited and only slowly began to make major decisions for himself. The first of those was paying the necessary cost to buy the throne of the Holy Roman Empire. Maximilian had already spent years trying to secure the throne for Charles, who was already king of Castile, Aragon, Naples, and Sicily.
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