The oldest buildings are in the North--Very rude and simple--Three types--Villarinho--São Miguel, Guimarães--Cedo Feita, Oporto--Gandara, Boelhe, etc., are examples of the simplest--Aguas Santas, Rio Mau, etc., of the second; and of the third Villar de Frades, etc.--Legend of Villar--Sé, Braga--Sé, Oporto--Paço de Souza--Method of roofing--Tomb of Egas Moniz--Pombeiro--Castle and Church, Guimarães 29-43 CHAPTER II THE EARLY BUILDINGS IN THE SOUTH Growth of Christian kingdom under Affonso Henriques--His vow--Capture of Santarem, of Lisbon--Cathedral, Lisbon, related to Church of S. Sernin, Toulouse--Ruined by Great Earthquake, and badly restored--Sé Velha, Coimbra, general scheme copied from Santiago and so from S. Sernin, Toulouse--Other churches at Coimbra--Evora, its capture--Cathedral founded--Similar in scheme to Lisbon, but with pointed arches; central lantern; cloister--Thomar founded by Gualdim Paes; besieged by Moors--Templar Church--Santarem, Church of São João de Alporão--Alcobaça; great wealth of Abbey--Designed by French monks--Same plan as Clairvaux--Has but little influence on later buildings 44-63 CHAPTER III THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES DOWN TO THE BATTLE OF ALJUBARROTA The thirteenth century poor in buildings--The Franciscans--São Francisco Guimarães--Santarem--Santa Maria dos Olivaes at Thomar--_Cf._ aisle windows at Leça do Balio--Inactivity and deposition of Dom Sancho II. by Dom Affonso III.--Conquest of Algarve--Sé, Silves--Dom Diniz and the castles at Beja and at Leiria--Cloisters, Cellas, Coimbra, Alcobaça, Lisbon, and Oporto--St. Isabel and Sta. Clara at Coimbra--Leça do Balio--The choir of the cathedral, Lisbon, with tombs--Alcobaça, royal tombs--Dom Pedro I. and Inez de Castro; her murder, his sorrow--Their tombs 64-78 CHAPTER IV BATALHA AND THE DELIVERANCE OF PORTUGAL Dom Fernando and Dona Leonor Telles--Her wickedness and unpopularity--Their daughter, Dona Brites, wife of Don Juan of Castile, rejected--Dom João I. elected king--Battle of Aljubarrota--Dom João's vow--Marriage of Dom João and Philippa of Lancaster--Batalha founded; its plan national, not foreign; some details seem English, some French, some even German--Huguet the builder did not copy York or Canterbury--Tracery very curious--Inside very plain--Capella do Fundador, with the royal tombs--Capellas Imperfeitas 79-92 CHAPTER V THE EARLIER FIFTEENTH CENTURY