There he seemed to see familiar faces of comrades who had grown up with him from infancy; he saw his busy wife, bustling in her preparations for his evening meals; he heard the merry laugh of his boys at their play, and the chirrup of the baby at his knee; and then, with a start, all faded, and he saw again the canebrakes and cypresses and gliding plantations, and heard again the creaking and groaning of the machinery, all telling him too plainly that all that phase of life had gone by forever.
RECOMMENDED READING. The Reign of Charles V is an important new study of one of the most important rulers in world history. As the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain during the mid-1500s, Charles V ruled the first truly global empire and was the greatest of all the Habsburg Emperors.
He was the son of Charles I of Spain. His great-grandparents were Ferdinand and Isabelle making him the great-nephew of Catherine of Aragon. When he was in his mid 20's he was married to his cousin Mary Tudor and became King of England and shortly after that became King of Spain as well.hillip II was the son of Emperor C â¦ harles V, the regent of Spain between the times of 1542 and 1548, and then king in 1556 until his death. King Phillip of Spain was not crowned, but he took up the style of the King of England.