There is a channel on Youtube that includes significant scenes of the TV series Carlos, Rey Emperador dubbed to English. Here I'm including some of them. If you want, you can have a deeper look to the channel
CHARLES I ARRIVES IN CASTILE
KING CHARLES IS SEDUCED BY HIS STEPGRANDMOTHER
CHARLES I IS ELECTED EMPEROR OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
REVOLT OF THE COMUNEROS IN CASTILE
WARS WITH FRANCE: FRENCH DEFEAT IN THE BATTLE OF PAVIA
CONQUEST OF TUNIS
WAR AGAINST THE SCHMALKALDIC LEAGUE: BATTLE OF MÜHLBERG
CHARLES I's ABDICATION
DEATH IN YUSTE
Philip II also appears in the series. Here are some of his most important scenes:
PRINCE PHILIP'S MARRIAGE TO Mª MANUELA OF PORTUGAL
CHARLES I's DECISION TO MARRY PRINCE PHILIP TO MARY I OF ENGLAND
PHILIP II'S VICTORY IN THE BATTLE OF SAINT QUENTIN
And here are some scenes of the conquest of the Indies:
HERNÁN CORTÉS CONQUERS THE AZTEC EMPIRE
BROTHER BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS DEFENDS THE AMERINDIANS
NEW LAWS OF THE INDIES
VALLADOLID DEBATE BETWEEN LAS CASAS AND SEPÚLVEDA
If you want to watch other significant pieces of the TV series, this is the link to the Youtube channel:
Here you have some orientation for your comic strip about the Austrias in the 16th century:
- As the project consists of an autobiography told by both monarchs, you should make a research about Charles I and Philip II's lives to add some personal information about these two figures: their family, their children, their loves (if they had them), their hobbies, some anecdotes... Here you have some links in Spanish about Charles I and Philip II:
- As for the content, it has to be historically accurate. This means that you can't forget about the historical facts and the main events and problems of each reign. You have to include them. Include also the main facts about the Indies in each reign:
Charles I's reign: a short summary of the discoveries and conquests done during the Catholic Monarchs' reign and after this, the conquests of the Aztec and Inca empires, the explorations developed during his reign, the creation of the main administrative institutions (vicerroyalties), the New Laws of the Indies to protect the natives from exploitation after Bartolomé de las Casas complaints...
Philip II's reign: here you should include the addition of the Philippines (called this way to honour Philip II) and you could also explain the exploitation systems and colonial society in the Indies.
Historical accuracy doesn0t mean that the script has to be boring. You can introduce humour and some jokes to make it funnier.
- In Philip II's reign there was a dark episode with his secretary Antonio Pérez. Here you have some extra information from the presentation I prepared for 2nd Bachillerato. You don't have to add all this, but summarize this episode in Philip II's reign:
- Look up for paintings where Charles I and Philip II appear in order to keep some physical similarities with the characters you draw. These paintings can also be useful for you to draw the scenes' decoration.
- You don't need to make perfect drawings. Here you have some examples and advice about how to draw comic strips with stickmen:
Hey friends! It's Lucía. Today is my turn to explain what happened years and years ago. Yes! This is a new chapter of... THIS DAY IN HISTORY! And as you have seen in the title, today we have double event. FIRST EVENT: CHARLES I'S CORONATION. Today but in 1520, Charles was crowned as Emperor in Germany (by the Pope Clement VII). Three years ago, in 1517 he started to be(en) King of the Hispanic Monarchy, but in 1519 he left the Iberian Peninsula to be elected emperor, and because of that the Revolt of the Comuneros started.
But Charles I actually was named the heir of Emperor Maximilian when he was 6, when his father Philip the Handsome died. His grandfather died in January 1519 and Charles was elected Emperor by the German electors in July 1519. In Germany there was a tradition: when a new Emperor was elected, they had to celebrate three ceremonies. The first was in the Palatine Chapel of Aachen second one was a coronation to name Charles "The king of Burgundies" and the third one was in Rome. this one didn’t take place until the 23rd February 1530, when Charles V was crowned Emperor by the Pope Clement VII.
Here you have a documentary of his entire life, if you want you can watch it (it's long, and in Spanish).
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AWhoBtXpA0 This is the link to Charles V's video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRYzW3BSj0I SECOND EVENT: THE END OF THE REVOLT OF THE COMUNEROS WITH THE SURRENDER OF THE LAST CITY, TOLEDO. (1521) Joanna the Mad, Isabella's daughter, inherited the throne with her Burgundian husband King Philip I. However, Philip died two years after the beginning of their reign, and their son Charles was only six years old. Due to his youth and Joanna's mental instability, Castile was ruled by the nobles and her father, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, as a regency. After Ferdinand's death in 1516, the sixteen-year-old Charles was proclaimed king of both Castile and Aragon. In 1519, Charles was elected HolyRoman Emperor. He departed to Germany in 1520, leaving the Dutch cardinal Adrian of Utrecht to rule Castile in his absence. Soon, a series of anti-government riots broke out in the cities.
On 23rd of October 2015, we celebrate when the towns of northern Castile soon succumbed to the king's troops, with all its cities returning their allegiance. Today also Toledo, the last city where the revolt continued, declared surrender.
"BatallaDeVillalar" by The artist is Manuel Picolo López, born in 1851 and died in 1913 (source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BatallaDeVillalar.jpg#/media/File:BatallaDeVillalar.jpg)