30. He Wasn’t Responsible for Spain’s Decline
The Habsburg dynasty in Spain had been in decline for over a century, but Charles frequently gets the blame for it. Spain was in a period of colonization, and the country was spending a lot of money expanding its empire and managing its colonies. Revenues were not matching these expenditures, so the economy was in decline. Charles inherited a country in turmoil and had long gotten the blame for its decline.
