William H. Prescott
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William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impa
Prescott c. 1850–1859
A bronze statue of Prescott's grandfather William Prescott in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Title pages of the History of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1838 edition
Daguerreotype portrait of Prescott by M.B. Brady, c. 1848–1850
Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516 to 1554, and also Lord of the Netherlands and titular D
Portrait of Charles V, 1548
The entrance gate to the Prinsenhof, Dutch for "Princes' Court", in Ghent, where Charles V was born.
A painting by Bernhard Strigel representing the extended Habsburg family with a young Charles in the middle
A 1519 portrait of Charles V by Bernard van Orley with the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece prominently displayed