Preliminary Remarks 1 Aborigines of Spain 2 Silius Italicus 2 Lucan 2 The Senecas 2 The Roman Power in Spain annihilated by the Visigoths 3 Anecdotes of the Goths 3 Conquest of Spain by the Moors 3 The University of Cordova founded by Abdorrhaman III. 4 Settlement of the Jews in Spain 4 Arabic Authors 5 The Romances Moriscos 5 Troubadours 5 Mosen Jordi de Sant Jordi 6 The Redondillas 7 The Cancionero general and the Romancero general 9 Quotation from Doctor Bowring's Translation of the Redondillas 9 Romances of Chivalry 10 1325. Vasco Lobeira 10 Alphonso X., surnamed the Wise 11 The Cultivation which he bestowed on the Castilian Language 11 His Works 11 The Alphonsine Tables 11 Alphonso XI. 11 Spain desolated by Civil Wars 12 Juan Ruiz 12 1407. John II., his disastrous Reign 12 The Marquis of Villena institutes Floral Games 13 1434. His Death 13 Marquis of Santillana 13 Marcias, his melancholy Fate 13 1412. Juan de Mena, the Ennius of Spain 14 His Birth 14 His Origin 14 He studies at the University of Salamanca 14 His Works 15 1456. His Death 15 Quintano, his Opinion of the "Labyrinto" 15