The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 10 : $b Spain and Portugal
History
The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 10 : $b Spain and Portugal
World history
Alfonso VI, 516. Pedro II; João V, 519. The colonies decline,
521. The reign of José I, 522. The great minister Pombal, 523.
The earthquake at Lisbon (November 1st, 1755), 525. Pombal and
the Jesuits, 527. A plot to assassinate the king, 528. The
exile of the Jesuits, 529. War with Spain, 530. Schlosser’s
estimate of Pombal, 531. The new queen and reaction, 533. The
regency and the French Revolution, 536. The invasion of the
French, 537. The Throne moves to Brazil, 538. The Peninsula
War, 539. Portugal an English province, 541. The revolt and
recall of the king, 542. The loss of Brazil, 543.
CHAPTER V
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1822-1900 A.D.) 544
Portugal receives a new ruler and a new constitution, 546.
Dom Miguel seizes the power, 547. Maria II, 550. Cabral and
the Chartists in power, 553. The Septembrists overthrow Costa
Cabral, 554. The reign of Luiz, 557. Carlos I becomes king,
559. Portuguese literature, 560.
APPENDIX A
THE INQUISITION 562
The Cathari, 564. The Waldenses, 565. Crusade against the
Albigenses, 566. The Inquisition established, 567. Method of
procedure with a suspect, 570. John Fox on the evils of the
Inquisition, 572. How a penitent was treated, 573. The history
of torture, 574. A contemporary account of the preliminaries
to torture, 575. Limborch’s account of the fate of a Jew, 578.
The other forms of torture, 580. Tormento di Toca, 580. The
chafing-dish; the water-cure, 580. The proceedings against an
Englishwoman, 581. Inquisitorial documents, 582. How the record
was kept, 583. The proper form of torture for women, 583. Later
history of the Inquisition of Spain, 584. State of the Jews
in Spain, 585. “Conversion” of the Jews, 586. Queen Isabella
persuaded to persecution, 587. The Inquisition of 1481, 589.
The Spanish or “Modern” Inquisition established, 590. The Auto
da fé, 591. Torquemada and his successors, 592. Llorente’s
computation of the victims of the Inquisition, 595. Effects and
influences of the Inquisition, 598.
BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 599
A BRIEF RÉSUMÉ OF SPANISH HISTORY (711-1902 A.D.) 601
A BRIEF RÉSUMÉ OF PORTUGUESE HISTORY (997-1903 A.D.) 628
A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SPANISH HISTORY 637
A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PORTUGUESE HISTORY 650
BOOK I
THE HISTORY OF SPAIN FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY
CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE; AND GOTHIC SWAY
[Sidenote: [TO 711 A.D.]]
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