John M. Headley, The Emperor and His Chancellor: A Study of the Imperial Chancellery Under Gattinara (Cambridge, 1983).

William Maltby, The Reign of Charles V (Basingstoke and New York, 2002).

Martyn Rady, The Emperor Charles V (London and New York, 1988).

Hugh Thomas, The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V (London, 2010).

7. Венгрия, Чехия и протестантская угроза

Kenneth J. Dillon, King and Estates in the Bohemian Lands 1526–1564 (Brussels, 1976).

Paula S. Fichtner, Ferdinand I of Austria: The Politics of Dynasticism in the Age of the Reformation (Boulder, CO, and New York, 1982).

Howard Louthan, The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna (Cambridge, 1997).

Karin J. MacHardy, War, Religion and Court Patronage in Habsburg Austria: The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Political Interaction, 1521–1622 (Basingstoke and New York, 2003).

Orsolya Réthelyi, Mary of Hungary: The Queen and Her Court, 1521–1531 (Budapest, 2005).

8. Филипп II: Новый Свет, религиозные распри и королевский инцест

Henry Kamen, The Escorial: Art and Power in the Renaissance (New Haven and London, 2010).

Henry Kamen, Philip of Spain (New Haven and New York, 1997).

Geoffrey Parker, The Dutch Revolt (Harmondsworth, 1985).

Geoffrey Parker, Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II (New Haven and London, 2014).

Hugh Thomas, World Without End: The Global Empire of Philip II (London, 2014).

9. Дон Хуан и галеры Лепанто

Jack Beeching, The Galleys at Lepanto (New York, 1983).

Gigi Beutler, The Imperial Vaults of the PP Capuchins in Vienna (Capuchin Crypt) (Vienna, 2003).

Niccolò Capponi, Victory of the West: The Story of the Battle of Lepanto (London, 2006).