CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
   
CASTILE IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 1
   
   
CHAPTER II
   
THE REIGN OF HENRY IV.: MISGOVERNMENT. 1454–1463 22
   
   
CHAPTER III
   
THE REIGN OF HENRY IV.: CIVIL WAR AND ANARCHY. 1464–1474 51
   
   
CHAPTER IV
   
ACCESSION OF ISABEL: THE PORTUGUESE WAR. 1475–1479 88
   
   
CHAPTER V
   
ORGANIZATION AND REFORM 121
   
   
CHAPTER VI
   
THE MOORISH WAR. 1481–1483 158
   
   
CHAPTER VII
   
THE FALL OF GRANADA: THE MOORISH WAR. 1484–1492 185
   
   
CHAPTER VIII
   
THE INQUISITION 231
   
   
CHAPTER IX
   
THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS AND MUDEJARES 263
   
   
CHAPTER X
   
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 285
   
   
CHAPTER XI
   
ISABEL AND HER CHILDREN 319
   
   
CHAPTER XII
   
THE ITALIAN WARS. 1494–1504 346
   
   
CHAPTER XIII
   
CASTILIAN LITERATURE 387
   
APPENDIX I. HOUSE OF TRASTAMARA IN CASTILE AND ARAGON 424
   
APPENDIX II. PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ISABEL OF CASTILE 425
   
Index 427