: The Stranger in France or a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr John Sir - France Description and travel; Paris (France) Description and travel

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VOLUME X

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LAND AND PEOPLE; AND GOTHIC SWAY 1

The Celts and Celtiberians, 3. The Phoenician 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.

THE TIME OF MOSLEM DOMINATION 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.

THE HISTORY OF CASTILE TO THE DEATH OF PEDRO THE CRUEL 63

ARAGON TO THE UNION WITH CASTILE 93

HENRY OF TRASTAMARA AND ISABELLA OF CASTILE 114

FERDINAND AND ISABELLA 134

Resistance to papal encroachment, 139. The regulation of trade, 140. The pre-eminence of the royal authority, 141. Progress of the war, 145. The siege of Malaga, 149. The capture of Granada, 151. End of Moslem sway in Spain, 154. Spanish explorers and Christopher Columbus, 155. The expulsion of the Jews, 157. Persecution and revolt of the Moors, 161. Spain in Italy; the Great Captain, 163. Illness and death of Isabella, 166. Prescott's estimate of Isabella, 169. Burke's estimate of Isabella; Hume's estimate, 176.

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