The Story of Majorca and MinorcaMarkham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
History
The Story of Majorca and Minorca
Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
Balearic Islands (Spain) -- History
Almojarife, title of the Moorish chief of Minorca, 228, 231 (_n_);
sent to Barbary for help, 231;
defeated, 233;
surrender, 234, 236
Almonds in Majorca, 9;
extent of cultivation, 213
Almudaina of Palma, 22;
Jayme I. at, 32;
restored as a palace, 111;
Jayme IV. born at, 144
Alonsiada, written by Ramis, 235
Ampudia, Count of, 97
Ampurdan, 132, 154
Ampurias, Ponce Hugo, Count of, 12;
advanced with his men, 18;
conducted mining operations at the siege of Palma, 30;
death, 33;
one of the great feudatory families of Majorca, 45, 103, 195
Andraix attacked by the Moors, 177
Andrew, King of Hungary, 8
Andria, Count of, married to an heiress of the Morea, 129;
Isabel of, 130
Andronicus, Emperor of the East, welcomed the Catalan Company, 104
Angelats, Miguel, defended Soller against the pirates, 178
Anglesola, serving in the Minorca conquest, 231
Anjou. _See_ Charles of.
Anson, Lord, 277
_Antelope_, H.M.S., 276
Antequera. _See_ Fernando of.
Apricots in Majorca, 9, 109, 213
Apulia, 63, 64
Aracuri, Garcia Garces de, 231
Aragon, ancestry of nobles, 2;
kingdom, first king, 2;
marriage of the heiress, 2;
arms of, 3;
constitution, titles, 4, 47;
ancient families 4 (_n_);
division by Jayme I., 50;
interdict, 52, 65;
kings compared with Plantagenets, 5;
question of succession, 162, 163.
_See_ Alfonso, Jayme, Juan, Martin Fernando, Pedro, Fueros.
Archduke Luis Salvator at Miramar, 215;
his work on the Balearic Isles, 215
_Argo_, H.M.S., 283
Ariañy. _See_ Cotoner.
Armstrong, J., ‘History of Minorca,’ 270
Arquimbau, Governor of Ciudadela when besieged by the Turks, 240
Arta, cave of, attacked, 36
Ash-shakandi, Moorish chronicler, 9
Asturias, 1;
Romana in, 206;
Jovellanos born in, 209, 210, 211
_Asturias, Principe de_, flagship of Chacon off Cape Passaro, 257
Atalayas, or look-out towers, 137, 223
Ataranza at Palma, 22
Athens, Duke of, 123;
dukedom, 128
Augusta, 79, 101
_Aurora_, H.M.S., 283
Aversa, Castle of, 123
Avignon, 137, 143, 153
Ayamans. _See_ Togores.
Ayerba, Blasco Jimenes de, arranged for the deportation of Moors of
Minorca, 234
Aygua Freda, 38
Badajos, 297
Balearic Isles overrun by the Moors, 10;
Archduke Luis Salvator’s monograph, 215;
Bidwell’s work on, 217, 289 (_n_);
Phœnicians and Carthaginians, 225;
Roman occupation, 229;
Bishop of, at a Council of Toledo, 228.
_See_ Majorca, Minorca.
Barbarossa, pirate, 176, 188, 237
Barbary, Pedro III. on coast of, 60;
pirates, precautions against, 137, 163;
incursions in Majorca, 177, 179;
help to Moors in Minorca, 231, 232, 234;
attacks on Minorca, 237
Barcelo y Combis, work on Balearic flora, 214, 271 (_n_)
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