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CASTILE
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
HERMANDAD CODE OF THE HERMANDAD INEFFECTUAL
OPPOSITION OF THE NOBILITY TUMULT AT SEGOVIA
ISABELLA'S PRESENCE OF MIND ISABELLA VISITS SEVILLE
HER SPLENDID RECEPTION THERE SEVERE EXECUTION OF
JUSTICE MARQUIS OF CADIZ AND DUKE OF MEDINA
SIDONIA ROYAL PROGRESS THROUGH ANDALUSIA
IMPARTIAL EXECUTION OP THE LAWS REORGANIZATION
OP THE TRIBUNALS KING AND QUEEN PRESIDE IN COURTS
OF JUSTICE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF ORDER REFORM OF THE
JURISPRUDENCE CODE OF ORDENANÇAS REALES SCHEMES
FOR REDUCING THE NOBILITY REVOCATION OF THE ROYAL
GRANTS LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS THE QUEEN'S
SPIRITED CONDUCT TO THE NOBILITY MILITARY ORDERS
OF CASTILE ORDER OF ST. JAGO ORDER OF CALATRAVA
ORDER OF ALCANTARA GRAND-MASTERSHIPS ANNEXED
TO THE CROWN THEIR REFORMATION USURPATIONS OF
THE CHURCH RESISTED BY CORTES DIFFERENCE WITH THE
POPE RESTORATION OF TRADE SALUTARY ENACTMENTS
OF CORTES PROSPERITY OF THE KINGDOM NOTICE OF
CLEMENCIN

CHAPTER VII
. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MODERN INQUISITION. ORIGIN
OF THE ANCIENT INQUISITION ITS INTRODUCTION INTO
ARAGON RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE JEWS IN SPAIN
UNDER THE ARABS UNDER THE CASTILIANS PERSECUTION
OF THE JEWS THEIR STATE AT THE ACCESSION OF
ISABELLA CHARGES AGAINST THEM BIGOTRY OF THE AGE
ITS INFLUENCE ON ISABELLA CHARACTER OF HER
CONFESSOR, TORQUEMADA PAPAL BULL AUTHORIZING
THE INQUISITION ISABELLA RESORTS TO MILDER
MEASURES ENFORCES THE PAPAL BULL INQUISITION AT
SEVILLE PROOFS OF JUDAISM THE SANGUINARY
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INQUISITORS CONDUCT OF THE
PAPAL COURT FINAL ORGANIZATION OF THE INQUISITION
FORMS OF TRIAL TORTURE INJUSTICE OF ITS PROCEEDINGS
AUTOS DA FE CONVICTIONS UNDER TORQUEMADA
PERFIDIOUS POLICY OF ROME NOTICE OF LLORENTE'S
HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION

CHAPTER VIII
.
REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL
CONDITION OF THE SPANISH ARABS PREVIOUS TO THE WAR
OF GRANADA. EARLY SUCCESSES OF MAHOMETANISM
CONQUEST OF SPAIN WESTERN CALIPHATE FORM OF
GOVERNMENT CHARACTER OF THE SOVEREIGNS MILITARY
ESTABLISHMENT SUMPTUOUS PUBLIC WORKS GREAT
MOSQUE OF CORDOVA REVENUES MINERAL WEALTH OF
SPAIN HUSBANDRY AND MANUFACTURES POPULATION
CHARACTER OF ALHAKEM II. INTELLECTUAL
DEVELOPMENT DISMEMBERMENT OF THE CORDOVAN
EMPIRE KINGDOM OF GRANADA AGRICULTURE AND
COMMERCE RESOURCES OF THE CROWN LUXURIOUS
CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE MOORISH GALLANTRY
CHIVALRY UNSETTLED STATE OF GRANADA CAUSES OF
HER SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE LITERATURE OF THE
SPANISH ARABS CIRCUMSTANCES FAVORABLE TO IT
PROVISIONS FOR LEARNING THE ACTUAL RESULTS

AVERROES THEIR HISTORICAL MERITS USEFUL
DISCOVERIES THE IMPULSE GIVEN BY THEM TO EUROPE
THEIR ELEGANT LITERATURE POETICAL CHARACTER
INFLUENCE ON THE CASTILIAN CIRCUMSTANCES
PREJUDICIAL TO THEIR REPUTATION NOTICES OF CASIRI,
CONDE, AND CARDONNE
CHAPTER IX
. WAR OF GRANADA.--SURPRISE OF ZAHARA.--CAPTURE OF
ALHAMA. ZAHARA SURPRISED BY THE MOORS
DESCRIPTION OF ALHAMA THE MARQUIS OF CADIZ HIS
EXPEDITION AGAINST ALHAMA SURPRISE OF THE
FORTRESS VALOR OF THE CITIZENS SALLY UPON THE
MOORS DESPERATE COMBAT FALL OF ALHAMA
CONSTERNATION OF THE MOORS THE MOORS BESIEGE
ALHAMA DISTRESS OF THE GARRISON THE DUKE OF
MEDINA SIDONIA MARCHES TO RELIEVE ALHAMA RAISES
THE SIEGE MEETING OF THE TWO ARMIES THE SOVEREIGNS
AT CORDOVA ALHAMA INVESTED AGAIN BY THE MOORS
ISABELLA'S FIRMNESS FERDINAND RAISES THE SIEGE
VIGOROUS MEASURES OF THE QUEEN

CHAPTER X
. WAR OF GRANADA.--UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT ON
LOJA.--DEFEAT IN THE AXARQUIA. SIEGE OF LOJA
CASTILIAN FORCES ENCAMPMENT BEFORE LOJA SKIRMISH
WITH THE ENEMY RETREAT OF THE SPANIARDS
REVOLUTION IN GRANADA DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF
TOLEDO AFFAIRS OF ITALY OF NAVARRE RESOURCES OF
THE CROWN JUSTICE OF THE SOVEREIGNS EXPEDITION TO
THE AXARQUIA THE MILITARY ARRAY PROGRESS OF THE
ARMY MOORISH PREPARATIONS SKIRMISH AMONG THE
MOUNTAINS RETREAT OF THE SPANIARDS THEIR
DISASTROUS SITUATION THEY RESOLVE TO FORCE A
PASSAGE DIFFICULTIES OF THE ASCENT DREADFUL
SLAUGHTER MARQUIS OF CADIZ ESCAPES LOSSES OF THE
CHRISTIANS

CHAPTER XI

. WAR OF GRANADA.--GENERAL VIEW OF THE POLICY
PURSUED IN THE CONDUCT OF THIS WAR. ABDALLAH
MARCHES AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS ILL OMENS MARCHES
ON LUCENA BATTLE OF LUCENA CAPTURE OF ABDALLAH
LOSSES OF THE MOORS MOORISH EMBASSY TO CORDOVA
DEBATES IN THE SPANISH COUNCIL TREATY WITH
ABDALLAH INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE TWO KINGS
GENERAL POLICY OF THE WAR INCESSANT HOSTILITIES
DEVASTATING FORAYS STRENGTH OF THE MOORISH
FORTRESSES DESCRIPTION OF THE PIECES OF THE KINDS OF
AMMUNITION ROADS FOR THE ARTILLERY DEFENCES OF
THE MOORS TERMS TO THE VANQUISHED SUPPLIES FOR
THE ARMY ISABELLA'S CARE OF THE TROOPS HER
PERSEVERANCE IN THE WAR POLICY TOWARDS THE
NOBLES COMPOSITION OF THE ARMY SWISS MERCENARIES
THE ENGLISH LORD SCALES THE QUEEN'S COURTESY
MAGNIFICENCE OF THE NOBLES THEIR GALLANTRY
ISABELLA VISITS THE CAMP ROYAL COSTUME DEVOUT
DEMEANOR OF THE SOVEREIGNS CEREMONIES ON THE
OCCUPATION OF A CITY RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN CAPTIVES
POLICY IN FOMENTING THE MOORISH FACTIONS
CHRISTIAN CONQUESTS NOTICE OF FERNANDO DEL
PULGAR NOTICE OF ANTONIO DE LEBRIJA

INTRODUCTION.
SECTION I.
VIEW OF THE CASTILIAN MONARCHY BEFORE THE
FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Early History and Constitution of Castile.--Invasion of the
Arabs.--Slow Reconquest of the Country.--Religious Enthusiasm of the
Spaniards.-- Influence of their Minstrelsy.--Their Chivalry.--Castilian
Towns.-- Cortes.--Its Powers.--Its Boldness.--Wealth of the
Cities.--The Nobility. --Their Privileges and
Wealth.--Knights.--Clergy.--Poverty of the Crown.-- Limited Extent