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John Julius Norwich - whom the Wall structure Street Journal called "the model of a favorite historian" - has constructed a big, striking tapestry of the early 16th century, when European countries and the Middle East were overshadowed by way of a quartet of famous rulers, all delivered in just a 10-season period: Francis I of France, the personification of the Renaissance, who became an extremely important patron of the arts and education. Henry VIII, who was simply not expected to inherit the throne but embraced the role with gusto, broke with the Roman Catholic Church, and appointed himself mind of the Church of England. Charles V, the most powerful and industrious man at the time, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor. Suleiman the Spectacular stood apart as female, and helped bring the Ottoman Empire to its apogee of political, military, and economical power. Against the vivid history of the Renaissance, these four men laid the foundations for modern European countries and the Middle East, as they collectively impacted the culture, religious beliefs, and politics of their respective domains.
