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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 10 : $b Spain and Portugal — John Shaqi

The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 10 : $b Spain and Portugal

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The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 10 : $b Spain and Portugal

World history

The Celts and Celtiberians, 3. The Phœnician invasions,
    4. The Greek colonies; the Carthaginian conquest, 5. The
    Romans in Spain, 7. Roman administration, 10. Introduction
    of Christianity, 11. Barbarian invasions, 14. The Goths
    arrive, 15. Progress of the Gothic conquest, 17. Leuvigild
    and Ermenigild, 21. Recared I and Catholicism, 23. Petty
    monarchs, 24. The reign of Wamba, 25. Ervigius and Ergica, 28.
    Witiza, 29. The fable of Roderic and Florinda, 31. Visigothic
    civilisation, 32. Hardships of the Jews, 34. Burke’s estimate
    of Gothic rule, 35.

                               CHAPTER II

  THE TIME OF MOSLEM DOMINATION (711-1214 A.D.)                         36

    The Asturias and Leon under Pelayo, 38. Sebastian’s account of
    the battle of Covadonga, 39. Alfonso the Catholic, 40. Alfonso
    the Chaste and Bernardo del Carpio, 42. Alfonso the Great,
    43. Alfonso’s successors, 43. Origin of Castile, 46. Sancho
    el Mayor, 47. The history of Castile, 48. Origin and earliest
    history of the kingdom of Aragon, 50. Burke’s estimate of the
    Cid, 52. The historical Cid, 53. Christian Spain in the twelfth
    century, 58. Foundation of the Spanish orders of knighthood,
    59. Overthrow of the Moslems, 62.

                               CHAPTER III

  THE HISTORY OF CASTILE TO THE DEATH OF PEDRO THE CRUEL
  (1214-1369 A.D.)                                                      63

    Ferdinand (III) el Santo, 65. Burke’s estimate of Queen
    Berengaria, 65. Ferdinand’s conquests, 66. Alfonso the Learned
    (el Sabio) and his successors, 68. Mariana’s account of the
    Divine judgment on Ferdinand IV, 71. Alfonso XI, 72. Mariana’s
    account of Pedro the Cruel, 73. Ayala’s account of the king’s
    honeymoon, 76. Pedro’s false marriage, 78. Ayala’s account of
    the murder of Fadrique, 80. Other royal murders, 83. The war
    with Henry of Trastamara, 84. Battle of Najera or Navarrete,
    87. Ayala’s account of the quarrel between Edward and Pedro,
    88. A new revolt; the end of Pedro the Cruel, 89. A final
    estimate of Pedro the Cruel, 91.

                               CHAPTER IV

  ARAGON TO THE UNION WITH CASTILE (1162-1475 A.D.)                     93

    James the Conqueror, 94. Pedro III and his Sicilian wars, 95.
    Political growth, 98. Interregnum in Aragon, 106. Aragon under
    rulers of the royal house of Castile, 107. Rising in Catalonia,
    111.

                                CHAPTER V

  HENRY OF TRASTAMARA AND ISABELLA OF CASTILE (1369-1479 A.D.)         114

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