Why did such a powerful ruler as the Habsburg Emperor Charles V fail to dominate Europe?
Some references:
The European World 1500–1800: An Introduction to Early Modern History – Edited by Beat Kümin (London: Routledge, 2018), 326-336.Bonney, Richard. “Chapter 2: Europe in the Age of the Italian Wars, 1494-1559”. In The European Dynastic States, 1494-1660 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), 79–130. Available on ReadingListRichardson, Glenn. ‘Monarchs: Personalities and Ideals of Monarchy’. In Renaissance Monarchy : The Reigns of Henry VIII, Francis I and Charles V (London: Arnold, 2002): 5–35. Available on ReadingList.