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views respecting Naples, 336.
His
fame, acquired by the war, 338. Med-
iates a peace between Henry VII.
and the king of Scots, 349, note. Takes
the field, and marches toward the
mountains of Granada, 428. The rebels
submit to, 441. His negotiations with
Venice, . 8; with the emperor
Maximilian, 8. His views and meas-
ures in regard to the French invasion
of Italy, 10. His partition of Naples
with Louis XII., 11, 13. Ground of
his claim to Naples, 14. His rupture
with France, 34. His instructions to
Philip to make a treaty with Lous XII.,
67, 68. Rejects the treaty, 88. His
policy examined, 89. His measures
in regard to the French invasion, 99.
His successes, 101. Suffers from
speculative writers, 107, note. His
treaty with Louis XII., 156. Named
regent of Castile in the testament of
Isabella, 176. The queen's provision
for, 177. Resigns the crown of Cas-
tile to Philip, 206. Assumes the title
of administrator of Castile, 207, 208.
Unpopular, 211, 226. His perplexities,
213. Proposals for his second mar-
riage, 215. His marriage with the
princess Germaine, 217, 223. His im-
politic treaty with France, 218. Has
an interview with Philip, 227. His
courteous deportment, 228. His re-
signation of the regency, 230. His
second interview with Philip, 232.
His departure, 233. His disposition
towards Columbus, 236; his unjust
treatment of him, 239. The purpose
of perverting his pension, 248. His
distrust of Gonsalvo, 251. Sails for
Naples, 252. His deportment towards
Gonsalvo, 253, 275. His reception,
260. His entry into Naples, 263. Sum-
mons a parliament and restores the
Angevins, 265. His politic behaviour
respecting Castile, 273. Allegiance
to, 274. Leaves Naples, 274. His

brilliant interview with Louis XII.,
278. Reception of, in Castile, 282. His
interview with Joanna, 283. Irregular-
ity of his proceedings, 284. Grants a

Be-

general amnesty, 286. Establishes a
guard, 286. His excessive severity,
288. His treatment of Gonsalvo, 291.
Policy of his severity, 296. Ximenes's
distrust of, 309. His visit to the uni-
versity of Alcalá, 320. Spoil assigned
to, by the league of Cambray, 330.
Remonstrates with Louis XII. against
his aggressions on the church, 335.
The pope grants him the investiture
of Naples, and other favors, 336.
comes a party in the Holy League, 337.
His distrust of Navarre, 348. Demands
a passage for his army through Na-
varre, 350, 362. Effects a truce with
Louis XII., 357. Settles his conquests,
359. Unites Navarre with Castile,
359. Examination of his conduct re-
specting Navarre, 360. His aversion
for his grandson Charles V., 369. Or-
ders Gonsalvo to Italy, 369; distrusts
him, and orders him to disband his
levies, 371. Gonsalvo's complaint to,
372. His desire for children, 372.
Decline of his health, 373. Perplexed
by Gonsalvo's movements, 374. His
conduct on occasion of Gonsalvo's
death, 376. His illness increases, 382.
Insensible to his situation, 383 Jeal-
ous of Adrian, of Utrecht, his grand-
son's envoy, 383. His last hours, 384.
His wills, 384. His disposition of the
regency, 384. His death and testa-
ment, 386. Intrusts the administration
of Castile to Ximenes, 385, 386. His
death, 387. His reign, 387.
His re-
mains transported to Granada, 388.
His person and character, 389. His
education, 390. His temperance and
economy, 390. Dies poor, 392. His
bigotry, 392. Accused of hypocrisy,
393. Conduct of, in regard to the In-
quisition in Aragon, 393. Charged
with perfidy, 394. His shrewd policy,
395. His insensibility, 397. Contrast-
ed with Isabella, 398. Natural chil-
dren of, 398, note. Gloomy close of
his life, 399. His kingly qualities,
400. Judgment of his contemporaries,
401. Arbitrary measures of, 443. Main-
tains slavery in the New World, 476.

Ferdinand II., of Naples, succeeds Al-
fonso II., 11. 288. Makes a descent
on the southern extremity of Cala-
bria, 300. Commences operations, 304.
Marches on Seminara, 306. His
conduct in regard to the battle near
Seminara, 308. Defeated, 309. His
perilous situation, 310. Recovers Na-
ples, 312. Besieges Montpensier, in
Atella, 318. His death, 326.
Ferdinand, son of Philip and Joanna,

born, 11. 93. Government of Castile
and Aragon to be committed to, 384.
His grandfather's anxiety respecting,
385. Grants to, 386.

Ferdinand and Isabella, genealogy of, 1.
cxxvi. Their marriage disconcerts the
operations of the marquis of Villena,
114. Their poverty and perplexities,116.
Negotiations for the marriage of their
daughter, Isabella, with the dauphin
of France, 129. Their accession, 142.
Comparative powers and rights of,
143. Their exertions and measures
for reorganizing the Castilian army,
154. Submission of the whole king-
dom of Castile to, 165. Their scheme
of reform for the government of Cas-
tile, 177. Their progress through
Andalusia, 190. Their reorganization
of the tribunals, 192. Preside in courts
of justice, 195. Their difference with
pope Sixtus IV., 220; their treatment
of his legate, 221. Their regula
tion of trade, 223. Preeminence of
their authority, 226. Their conduct
after the fall of Alhama, 329. Their
resources, 355. Anecdote illustrative
of their regard to justice, 356. Take
measures to procure artillery,
Their policy towards the nobles, 393.
Composition of their army, 395; Swiss
mercenaries, 396; the English lord
Scales, 397. Disapprove the magnifi-
cence displayed, 399. Their meeting
in the camp before Moclin, 401. Their
devout demeanor, 403. Slidell's re-
marks on the armour of, 403, note.
Their ceremonies on the occupation
of a new city, 404. Their standard of
the cross, 404. Their liberation of

385.

Christian captives, 405. Their policy
in fomenting the Moorish factions,
405. An attempt to assassinate, II.
26. Their entrance into Malaga, 37.
Their measures for repeopling Mala-
ga, 43. Return to Cordova, 44. Visit
Aragon, in 1487, 45. Occupied with
the interior government of Castile, 47.
Their reception of an embassy from
Maximilian, 48. Their resources, 49,
note. Embassy to, from the sultan of
Egypt, 59. Their return to Jaen, 74.
Summon Abdallah to surrender the
capital of Granada, 81. Their survey
of the city of Granada, 89; their en-
trance into it, 98. Their early inter-
est in navigation and commerce, 113.
Columbus applies to, 119, 125. Their
final arrangement with Columbus, 128.
Awed by Torquemada's violent con-
duct respecting the Jews, 138. Their
edict for the expulsion of the Jews,
139, 150. Visit Aragon, 155. Invite
Columbus to Barcelona, 160. Their
reception of him, 164. Their inter-
view with him, 165. Make prepara-
tion for his second voyage, 169, 177.
Their exertions for the conversion of
the natives, 170; their instructions
respecting them, 170. Their applica-
tion to the court of Rome, 172. Their
wary diplomacy in sending an ambas-
sador to Lisbon, 176. Inform John
II. that Columbus has sailed on his
second voyage, 179. Adjustment of
their difficulty with John II., by the
treaty of Tordesillas, 181. Operation
of their administration on the intel-
lectual, literary, and scientific charac-
ter of the nation, 184. Their reign an
epoch in polite letters, 211. National
spirit of the literature of this epoch,
247. Their treaty with Charles VIII.,
270. The title of Catholic conferred
on them by the pope, 284. Their
family, 343. Their temperate sway
in regard to the conversion of the
Moors, 408. Displeased on occasion
of the revolt of the Albaycin, 420.
Their edict against the Moors of Cas-
tile, 446. Loud complaints to, against

Their

Columbus, 467. Their reception of |
Columbus when sent home by Boba-
dilla, 474. Vindication of them, 475. |
Their last letter to Columbus, 483.
Make careful provision for the colo-
nies, 486; liberal grants, 487. Their
independent attitude in regard to the
pope, 493. Spirit of the colonial
legislation under, 493. Alarmed by
the French conquests in Italy, III. 6.
Their remonstrance to the pope, 7.
Solicit Philip and Joanna to visit
Spain, 62, 64. Seized with fever,
171. Their burial-place, 183. Marble
mausoleum erected over their remains,
by Charles V., 389. Their characters
contrasted, 398. General review of
the administration of, 429.
policy at their accession, 430. Their
depression of the nobles, 431. Raise
men of humble station to offices of
the highest trust, 432. State of the
commons under, 437.
The pro-
mulgation of pragmáticas, or royal
ordinances by, 439, 441, note. Ad-
vancement of prerogative under, 445.
Legal compilations, 447. Organization
of councils, 450. Legal profession ad-
vanced by, 452. Character of the
laws, 453. Erroneous principles of
their legislation, 456. Economical
policy under, 463. Internal improve-
ments under, 465. Increase of em-
pire, 466. Their government of Na-
ples, 468. Their revenues from the
Indies, 469, 477. Spirit of adventure
in their reign, 471. Progress of dis-
covery, 472. Their colonial adminis
tration, 478. General prosperity under,
479. Chivalrous spirit of the people
under, 488. Their reign the period
of national glory, 495. See Castile,
Ferdinand, Isabella, and Spain.
Ferrier, St. Vincent, his miracles for the

conversion of the Jews, 1. 240.
Feudal institutions, decay of, 11. 254.
Florida, discovered, 11. 472.
Foix, Gaston de, duke of Nemours, and
brother of the queen of Aragon, com-
mander of the French army in Italy,
III. 338. His death, 340. His char-

acter, 341. Effects of his death on
the French army, 343.

Foix, Jean de, the daughter of, married
to Ferdinand, ш. 217.
Fonseca, Antonio de, sent on a mission
to Charles VIII., 11. 285. His bold
conduct, 287. His hostility to Colum-
bus, 464. Proprietor of slaves, III.
475, note.

Foreigners, encouraged to settle in
Spain, 111. 465.
France, treaties between and Aragon, 1.
50, 123. Visited by Alfonso of Portu-
gal, 166. Makes peace with Castile,
169. Rupture of, with Spain, 111. 34.
Her control over Italy, 112. Effects
of the rout of the Garigliano on, 149.
Treaty with, 217; its impolicy, 218.
See Charles, and Louis.
Frederic II., of Prussia, his treatment
of the Jews, 11. 152, note.
Frederic II., of Naples, successor of Fer-
dinand I1., 11. 326. His acts, 327. His
reception of Gonsalvo, 334. Threat-
ened by Louis XII., 111. 9. His ap-
plications for aid, 10. His attempts at
self-defence, 21. His fate, 22. Re-
marks respecting him, 23, 104. Me-
diator of a truce between France and
Spain, 103.

French army. See Mantua.
French chronicles, notices of, . 167,

note.

Funerals, Isabella's preamble respecting,
11. 175, 193, note. Laws respecting,

457.

G.

Gaeta, Gonsalvo's movements against,
III. 83, 85. Relief sent to, by Louis
XII., 115, 119. Gonsalvo repulsed
before, 119. The French retreat to,
141, 145. Capitulation of, 147. The
Spaniards occupy, 151.

Gardens before Baza, 11. 52. Cleared
of their timber, 57.
Garigliano, armies on the, I. 109. The
French encamp there, 123. Bloody
passage of the bridge of, 125. Dis-

tresses of the Spanish army on the,
129; of the French army there, 132.
Crossed by the Spaniards, 140. Rout
of the, 144; its effects on France, 149.
Gebalfaro, 11. 17. Surrender of, 38.
Gelves, discomfiture of Navarro in the
island of, 1. 313. Cause of the dis-
aster in, 313, note.

Genealogy of Ferdinand and Isabella,

I. cxxvi.

General Privilege, the Magna Charta of
Aragon, 1. xcix.

Germaine, the princess, married to Fer-
dinand, I. 217, 223. Facts respect-
ing, 217. Her coolness towards Gon-
salvo, 292. Delivered of a son, 373.
Ferdinand's bequests to, 386. Her sub-
sequent marriages, 386, note.
Gerona, Queen Joan seeks refuge there
from the Catalans, 1. 48. The duke of
Lorraine compelled to abandon the
siege of, 56.

Giannone, Charles's generous conduct
to the heirs of, 111. 469, note.
Giovio, Paolo, remarks on, 11. 327, note.
His Life of Gonsalvo de Cordova, 111.
166, note.

Giron, Pedro, proposition for the mar-
riage of, with Isabella, 1. 82, 84. His
character, 84. His death, 86.
Giron, Pedro de, opposes royal officers,
III. 411.

Gold, in the West Indies, 11. 499, 111, 469.
Gomez, Alvaro, notice of, and of his
works, 11. 398, note. His tribute to
Carbajal, 111. 428, note.

Gonsalvo. See Cordova, Gonsalvo de.
Gordo, Ximenes, of Saragossa, Ferdi-

nand's summary execution of, 1. 131.
Goths. See Visigoths.

Grahame, remarks on his History, 11.
497, note.

Grain, scarcity of, 11. 50, note.

Gralla, Spanish minister at the court of
Paris, instructions to, in relation to the
partition of Naples, I. 11.

Granada, the kingdom of, in the middle

of the fifteenth century, 1. xxx. De-
scription of, 288. Agriculture and com-
merce of, 290. Etymologies of the
word, 290, note. Resources of the

crown of, 291. Luxurious character
of the people of, 292. Her successful
resistance against the Christians, 297.
The war of, 316. Isabella's measures
for carrying on the war of, 336, 339.
Unsuccessful attempt on Loja, 340.
Revolution in, 348. Measures for
carrying on the war there, in 1483,
355. Expedition to the Axarquia, 357.
Battle of Lucena and capture of Ab-
dallah, 376. General policy of the
war of, 382. Further preparations for
the war with, 384, 390; composition
of the Spanish army, 395; its magnifi-
cent appearance, 398. Christian con-
quests, 408. Authorities for the war
of, 409, note. Expedition to Velez,
1. 12; to Malaga, 17. Fate of, deci-
ded, 42. Inroads into, 46. Border
war in, 47. Measures for the reduc-
tion of Baza in, 50; its surrender, 68,
Occupation of El Zagal's domain, 72.
Difficulties of the campaign in, 74.
Abdallah summoned to surrender the
capital of, 81. Ferdinand ravages, 82,
83. Preparations for the closing cam-
paign against, 85. Position of the
capital of, 86; its capitulation, 93.
Termination of the war of, 102; its
results, 102. Moral influence of the
war of, 103; its military influence,
104. Authorities in relation to the
war of; Bernaldez, 108, note; Irving,
109, note. Effects of the war of, on
Spain, 339. Tranquil state of, till
1499, 404. Measures for converting
the Moors in, 406, 421, 453. Rising
of the Moors, at the Alpuxarras, 426.
Huejar sacked, 427. Lanjaron cap-
tured, 429. Revolt of the Sierra Ver-
meja, 431. Tranquillity restored to,
444. Evasion of the treaty of, by the
Christians, 452. Its union with Cas-
tile, 111. 467. Chivalrous spirit in the
war of, 488.
Granada, city of, described, 1. 288. Sum-
moned to surrender, 11. 81. Its position,
86. Numerous combats near, 87. Sur-
veyed by Ferdinand and Isabella, 89.
Skirmish before, 89. Conflagration of
the Christian camp before, 90. City

of Santa Fe built near, 92. Proposi-
tions by Abdallah for the surrender of,
93. Its capitulation, 93; the condi-
tions, 94. Commotions in, 95. Prep-
arations for occupying, 96. Effects of
the fall of, throughout Christendom,
100. Revolt of the Albaycin, 416.
Conversion of Moors at, 421. The
burial-place of Ferdinand and Isabella,
III. 183, 388. Population of, 485, note.
Greek manuscripts, furnished to Ximenes
by the pope, 11. 322.

Grey, Thomas, marquis of Dorset ; his
cooperation with Ferdinand, 1. 350.
His discontent and return to England,
356.

Guadix, in the domain of El Zagal,

11. 50. Guarded by Cidi Yahye, 52.
El Zagal at, 67. Occupation of, 72.
Ferdinand's policy in regard to, 83.
Guicciardini, remarks on, 11. 327, note.
Guienne, the duke of, Joanna affianced

to, 1. 114, 115. His death, 125.
Guienne, expedition against, 111. 349.
Guzman, Henrique de. See Sidonia.
Guzman, Nuñez de, a distinguished
scholar, 11. 201, note.
Guzmans, their factions with the family
of Ponce de Leon, 1. 118, 189.

H.

Hacen, Muley Abul, surprises Zahara,
I. 317. Besieges Alhama, 330. Ex-
pelled from Granada, 349. His oppo-
sition to the Christians in their expe-
dition to the Axarquia, 361. His death,
407.

Hallam, Henry, notice of, 1. cxxiv, note.

His remarks on the Epistles of Peter
Martyr, 11. 78. Cited respecting penal
statutes against the Catholics under
Elizabeth, 1. 190, note. His character
of Elizabeth, 201, note.
Heathen, bigoted views in relation to
the, 11. 469. See Indians.
Henriquez, Frederic, punishment of, 1.
206.

Henriquez, Pedro, aids in the expedition
against Alhama, 1. 322. Adelantado
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of Andalusia; his connexion with the
expedition to the Axarquia, 359, 360.
His escape, 368.

Henry III., of Castile, his device for the
recovery of his estates, 1. lxxv. Union
of, with Catharine of Lancaster, 1. 4.
His death, 4.

Henry IV., of Castile, his accession and
popularity, 1. 63. Disappoints ex-
pectations, 65. His dissolute habits,
66. His repudiation of Blanche of Ar-
agon, 66. His marriage with Joanna,
67. Controlled by favorites of humble
origin, 70. His interview with Louis
XI. on the banks of the Bidassoa, 73;
the consequences, 74. Nobles league
against, 75. His breach of faith with
the confederates, 77. Deposed near
the city of Avila, 77. Has recourse
to negotiation, 80. Disbands his for-
ces, 81. Not present in person at the
action of Olmedo, 87. Treaty of, with
the confederates, 93. Threatens Isa-
bella with imprisonment, 100. His
approbation of the marriage of Ferdi-
nand and Isabella solicited, 108, 112,
115. Opposes the pretensions of Jo-
anna to those of Isabella, 114, 141.
Meets French ambassadors, 115. His
interview with Isabella, at Segovia,
126. His illness and death, 134, 141.
Influence of his reign, 137, 179.
Henry VII., of England, his reception
and entertainment of Philip and Jo-
anna, I. 221.

Heresy, punishment of, 1. 231, 234, note;
III. 491, note.
Hermandad, or Holy Brotherhood, an
association in Castile, 1. liii. A con-
federacy, 89. Establishment of the,
179. Code of the, 181. Opposed by
the nobility, 181. Remonstranco
against it, 205. Sanctioned in Aragon,
11. 45. Leyes de la, 111. 449.
Herrera, Antonio de, notice of him, and
his works, 11. 508, note.
Hispaniola, misconduct of the colonists
at, n. 459. Mutiny there, 466. Op-
pression of the natives, 466. Colum-
bus forbidden to enter the harbour at,
484. Progress of the settlement there,

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