Braden Frieder, Chivalry & the Perfect Prince: Tournaments, Art, and Armor at the Spanish Habsburg Court, Truman State University Press, 15 gennaio 2008, p. 80, ISBN 978-1-931112-69-7. URL consultato il 20 agosto 2013.
«In 1536, the emperor was fêted as a returning hero by Pope Paul III in the Eternal City. Charles was granted a real Roman triumph, his route into the city taking him past the ruins of the triumphal arches of the soldier-emperors of Rome. In sight of the Capitoline Hill, actors dressed as ancient senators hailed the return of the new Caesar as miles christi and a handsome page presented Charles with an embossed shield.»
