[Transcriber's Note: Bold text delimited with equal signs and italics with underscores.] THE STORY OF MAJORCA AND MINORCA THE STORY OF MAJORCA AND MINORCA BY SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.B. AUTHOR OF ‘RICHARD III: LIFE AND CHARACTER’ ‘THE LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD FAIRFAX’ ‘EDWARD VI: AN APPRECIATION’ ETC. _WITH TWO MAPS_ LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908 [All rights reserved] PREFACE The story of the Islands of Majorca and Minorca has never been told in our language in a condensed form, although the interest is great from an historical point of view, and the materials sufficient, though not perhaps abundant. It is so closely connected with the history of Aragon and the recovery of the Sicilies from the intruding Angevins that the two cannot be altogether separated. The most that can be done is, as far as practicable, to treat the Aragonese and Sicilian events from a Majorcan point of view. This has been attempted. The stirring events of the conquest of Majorca by Jayme I., the latter part of the reign of his son, and the reigns of Sancho and Jayme III., as well as the adventures and death of Jayme IV., the last of his race, all belong strictly to Majorcan history, as do the chapters on Balearic navigators and the revolt of the ‘Comunidades.’ The story fills a gap in the history of Mediterranean countries which may not be altogether unacceptable to students. This has been one object of the writer. Another object has been to supply more detailed information respecting the events of former times in the islands, for the use of the considerable number of visitors who resort to them. The interest of the scenery and of many localities cannot fail to be much increased by a detailed knowledge of the historical associations connected with them. My principal authorities have been the autobiography of Jayme I., the Chronicle of Muntaner, Desclot, Zurita, and the histories of Dameto and Mut, edited by Bover. My thanks are due for much courtesy and assistance from the Count of Montenegro, H.M. Consul Don Bartolomè Bosch y Cerda, and Señor Albareda of the Grand Hotel at Palma, and to Mr. Gilbert Ogilvy for having kindly made sketches for me of the memorial chair at Alfavia. The story of Minorca necessarily embraces an account of the several British occupations, and of some of the operations of the British fleet with Minorca as a base. September 1908. CONTENTS Page PREFACE v PART I _MAJORCA_ CHAPTER I Of King Jayme I. of Aragon, and how he resolved to conquer Majorca and drive out the Moors 1 CHAPTER II Tells how King Jayme won a victory over the Moors of Majorca, and gives some account of the Moorish capital 16 CHAPTER III