ABSTRACT
In July 1535, Emperor Charles V was triumphant in Tunis, and a series of newsletters, and then etchings by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, record the victory of his fleet and army over the Moslems, and his capture of the city and the port of Goletta. No doubt as a consequence of the French invasion of Piedmont, Charles then decided to go north, heading for Siena, Lucca and Florence, Italian and German in an international campaign of imperial propaganda. The ceremonies, which required no demolition, took place in the west and south of the city, which the Pope and his team had been planning since early December, and on a much bigger scale than the Carnival. The preparations were greatly complicated by the lack of a firm date for the imperial entry, originally expected for New Year 1536 then repeatedly put off until Carnival.
