History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, Volume 1

William Hickling Prescott

D. McKay, 1893 - Spain

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 29
• ITS GREAT POWERS: 49
• THEIR PRIVILEGES: 58
• CONSTITUTION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH CEN: 64
• INFLUENCE OF THE PAPAL COURT: 70
• NOTICE OF MARINA AND SEMPERE: 72
• SECTION II: 78
• SUCCEEDS TO THE CROWN OF ARAGON: 80
• CARLOS RELEASED: 88
• ITS POWERS: 92
• HIS GREAT AUTHORITY: 98
• RISE AND OPULENCE OF BARCELONA: 104
• THE PERIOD WHEN THE DIFFERENT KINGDOMS OF SPAIN: 117
• HIS SUDDEN DEATH: 122
• CONDITION OF ARAGON DURING THE MINORITY OF FERDINAND: 141
• INTELLECTUAL CULTURE: 142
• POETICAL ACADEMY OF TORTOSA: 159
• DEATH AND CHARACTER OF ALFONSO: 166
• CHAPTER III: 169
• CHARACTER OF PACHECO MARQUIS OF VILLENA: 175
• DEPOSITION OF HENRY AT AVILA: 181
• SHE DECLINES: 192
• DEATH OF THE King of PORTUGAL: 195
• PRIVATE INTERVIEW BETWEEN FERDINAND AND ISABELLA: 206
• CHAPTER VI: 209
• CIVIL ANARCHY: 214
• ISABELLAS PARTY GAINS STRENGTH: 220
• SECOND FRENCH INVASION OF ROUSSILLON: 224
• INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF CASTILE: 227
• NOTICE OF ENRIQUEZ DE CASTILLO: 231
• SETTLEMENT OF THE CROWN: 237
• CASTILIAN ARMY: 243
• KING OF PORTUGAL ARRIVES BEFORE ZAMORA: 249
• THE KING OF PORTUGAL VISITS FRANCE: 256
• SCHEME OF REFORM FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CASTILE: 266
• ISABELLA VISITS SEVILLE: 273
• REFORM OF THE JURISPRUDENCE: 281
• ORDER OF CALATRAVA: 294
• DIVISION OF PARTIES: 296
• USURPATIONS OF THE CHURCH: 300
• POPULATION: 305
• UNDER THE ARABS: 310
• UNDER THE CASTILIANS: 316
• BIGOTRY OF THE: 323
• CONDUCT OF THE PAPAL COURT: 330
• AUTOS DA: 336
• INTRIGUES OF THE MARQUIS OF VILLENA: 341
• PERFIDIOUS POLICY OF ROME: 342
• WESTERN CALIPHATE: 350
• HUSBANDRY AND MANUFACTURES: 355
• THEIR HISTORICAL MERITS: 374
• CIRCUMSTANCES PREJUDICIAL TO THEIR REPUTATION: 380
• HENRY DISBANDS HIS FORCES: 393
• THE MOORS BESIEGE ALHAMA: 396
• FERDINAND RAISES THE SIEGE: 402
• RETREAT OF THE SPANIARDS: 408
• DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO: 414
• THE MILITARY ARRAY: 421
• DIFFICULTIES OF THE ASCENT: 427
• ILL OMENS: 433
• INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE TWO KINGS: 439
• TERMS TO THE VANQUISHED: 445
• SWISS MERCENARIES: 451
• CEREMONIES ON THE OCCUPATION OF A CITY: 457
• NOTICE OF ANTONIO DE LEBRIJA: 463

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Bibliographic information

• Title: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, Volume 1; American classic series; History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, William Hickling Prescott
• Author: William Hickling Prescott
• Publisher: D. McKay, 1893
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Mar 19, 2008