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487. Liberal grants for emigration to,
487. Persons prohibited from going
to, 488. License for private voyages
to, 488. Ximenes sends a commission
to, I. 409. Gold drawn from, 469.
Introduction of sugar-cane into, 470.
See Colonies and West Indies.
Holy Brotherhood. See Hermandad.
Holy League, between Julius II., Ferdi-
nand, and Venice, in. 337.
Horses, laws respecting, 11. 458.
Hospitals, Isabella said to be the first to
institute camp, ш. 198.
House of Trade, 11. 492.
Huejar, sacked, 11. 427.

Humboldt, his "Histoire de la Géogra-
phie du Nouveau Continent," II. 117,

note.

I.

Illescas, heroism of, 111. 125.

India House, origin of the, 11. 168.
Indian Affairs, Board of established, 11.
168,490.

Indians, accompany Columbus to Spain,
11. 163. Measures for the conversion
of, 165, 170, 496. Accompany Colum-
bus on his second return to Spain, 461.
Bigoted views in regard to, 469. De-
clared free, 478. Isabella's zeal for
converting them, 496. Their diminu-
tion, 498, . 179, note. Isabella's care
for them, 473. Subsequent treatment
of them, 473.

Indies, Council of the, 111. 452. Revenues

from the, 469.

Indulgences, sale of papal, for the prose-
cution of the Moorish war, 1. 68.
Infantado, duke of, his style of living de-

scribed by Navagiero, 111. 434, note.
Inglis, his "Spain in 1830," cited, m.
461, note.

Inquisition, establishment of the, 1. 230.
See Ancient Inquisition and Modern
Inquisition.

Internal Improvements in Spain, III.

465.

Intolerance, remarks on, 11. 448, ш. 189.
See Toleration.

Irving, Washington, his description of

Abdallah, 11. 100. His "Chronicle of
the Conquest of Granada," 109. His
"History of Columbus," 508, note.
Isabella, the grand-daughter of John I.
of Portugal, her marriage with John
II. of Castile, 1. 24. Her death, 11.
351.

Isabella, the Catholic, her birth, 1. 28,
63. Negotiation for her union with
Carlos, 38, 84. Further negotiations for
her marriage, 59, note, 82, 83, 84. Her
projected union with the grand mas-
ter of Calatrava, 82, 84. Her educa-
tion, 83. Crown of Castile offered to,
92; declined, 93. Acknowledged heir
to the crown, 94. Suitors to, 95, 99.
Her marriage with Ferdinand, 97, 100,
102, 108, 110. Menaced with impris-
onment, 100. Her critical situation,
103. Her private interview with Fer-
dinand, 108. Personal appearance of,
109. Her pretensions opposed to those
of Joanna, 114. Her reliance on the
archbishop of Toledo, 116. The party
of, gains strength, 124. Has an inter-
view with Henry IV., at Segovia, 126.
Basis of her title to the crown, 139.
Proclaimed queen, 141. Her exertions
and success in raising an army to op-
pose Alfonso of Portugal, 151. Her
thanksgiving for the victory at Toro,
164. Takes active measures for the
defence of the western borders, 170.
Her schemes of reform, 178. See Cas-
tile. Her presence of mind and sup-
pression of the tumults at Segovia, 183.
Her visit to Seville, 187. Her execu-
tion of justice, 188, 191. Endeavours
to reconcile the families of Guzman
and Ponce de Leon, 189. Her prog-
ress through Andalusia, in 1478, 190.
Her conduct in the case of Alvaro
Yañez de Lugo, 191; of Frederic Hen-
riquez, 206. See Ferdinand and Isa-
bella. Makes her court a nursery of
virtue and generous ambition, 227.
Tendency of her administration, 229.
State of the Jews at her accession, 242.
Influenced by the bigotry of the age;
anecdote, 246. Character of her con-
fessor, Torquemada, 247. Solicits a

papal bull for the introduction of the
Inquisition into Castile, 248; resorts to
milder measures, 249. Enforces the
papal bull, 250. Her vigorous meas-
ures in regard to the sieges of Alha-
ma, 336, 339. Removal of, to Logro-
ño, 354. Her care of troops, 391. Her
perseverance, 392. Her policy towards
the nobles, 393. Her courtesy to the
English lord Scales, 398. Visits the
camp, 400. Her royal costume, 401.
Enforces the laws, 11. 3. Chastises
certain ecclesiastics, 4. Visits the
camp before Malaga, 23. Establishes
her residence at Jaen, 50. Her en-
couragement of her troops before Ba-
za, 56. Her reception of the embassy
from the sultan of Egypt, 59. Her
communication with the army inter-
rupted, 63. Energy and patriotic sac-
rifices of, 64. Visits the camp, 66. Her
popularity and influence, 75. De-
poses the judges of chancery, 84. Ani-
mates the troops before Granada, 88.
Surveys the city of Granada, 89. In
danger, from the conflagration of the
Christian camp, 90. Her favorable
disposition towards Columbus, 127.
Acknowledgments due to, for aiding
Columbus, 133. Finally consents to
the proscription of the Jews, 139. Her
mistaken piety, 153. Alarmed at the
attempt made on Ferdinand's life, 157.
Her early education, 185. Her collec-
tion of books, 187, 188, note. Her so-
licitude for the instruction of her chil-
dren, 188; of her son, Prince John,
189; of the nobles, 191. Dissatisfied
with the proceedings respecting the
succession of females to the crown, 362.
Her affliction at the loss of her daugh-
ter, 364. Mendoza's executor, 372. Xi-
menes her confessor, 380. Her at-
tempts to reform the religious estab-
lishments, 383. Offers the see of
Toledo to Ximenes, 386. Insulted by
the general of the Franciscans, 393.
Consents to the reform by Ximenes,
395. Her confidence in Columbus,
462, 468. Sends back Indian slaves,
471. Sends out the commissioner,

Bobadilla, 471. Declares the Indians
free, 478, 497; her zeal for their con-
version, 496. Sanctions negro slavery,
496. Her benevolent purposes in re-
gard to the Indians defeated, 497
Takes no part in the Italian wars, III.
50. Her ill-health, 50, 92, 96, 99. Her
prediction respecting Charles V., 61.
Her visit to Joanna, 94. Her distress,
95. Her illness, and fortitude, 96, 99,
170. Her exertions for opposing the
French invasion, 100. Decline of her
health, 169, 173, 180. Retains her en-
ergies, 172. Alarm of the nation, 174.
Particulars of her testament, 174. Set-
tles the succession, 175. Ferdinand
named regent by her, 176. Her codicil,
178. Her appointment of a commis-
sion for the codification of the laws,
179. Her zeal for the conversion of
the Indians, 179. Her signature to the
codicil, 180. Her resignation and
death, 181, 194, note. Her remains
transported to Granada, 182; laid in
the Alhambra, 183. The person of,
184. Her manners, 184. Her mag-
nanimity, 186. Her piety, 187. Her
bigotry, 188, 202. Her strength of
principle, 191. Her practical sense,
192. Unwearied activity of, 193. Her
courage, 195. Her sensibility to her
family and friends, 197. Compared
with Elizabeth of England, 199. Uni-
versal homage to her virtues, 204. Ef-
fect of her death on Columbus, 236.
Her treatment of the church, 435. Her
care of the morals of the clergy, 437.
Isabella, daughter of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella, measures for her union with the
dauphin of France, 1. 129; with Al-
onso, son of the prince of Portugal,
172. Accompanies her mother to the
camp, 401. Affianced to Alonso, heir
of the Portuguese monarchy, 11. 79, 344.
Escorted to Portugal, 80. Her attach-
ment to her husband's memory, 346,
347, note. Her union with Emanuel
of Portugal, 346, 355. Her premature
death, 363.
Isabella of Aragon, illustrious and un-
fortunate, 1. 43, note.

Italian military tactics, 11. 278.
Italy, the school of politics at the close
of the fifteenth century, 11. 259. Her
most powerful states, 260. Character
of the politics of, 263. Its internal
prosperity, 264. Intrigues of Sforza
in, 264. Alarmed at the invasion of
Charles VIII., 272. Military tactics
in, 278. Effects of the news of the
league of Venice on, 291. Influence
of the war there, on Spain, 339. Louis
XII.'s designs on, III. 4. Politics of, 4.
Conquests in, 5. Astonishment of, at the
partition of Naples, 20. Wars there, be-
tween the French and Spaniards, 37.
Favors the Spaniards, 38. Chivalrous
character of the war there, 45. Melan-
choly condition of, 108. Views of the
states of, 112. Anxious expectation
of, during the battle of the Gariglia-
no, 127. Invaded by Louis XII., 333.
Abandoned by the French, 344.

J.

Jealousy, the cause of the revolution in
Granada, 1. 348.

Jews, retrospective view of, in Spain, 1.
235. Condition of, under the Arabs,
236; under the Castilians, 238. Per-
secution of, 239, 240, 251. Legis-
lative enactments respecting, 241.
Their state at the accession of Is-
abella, 242. Charges brought against
them, 243. Proofs admitted against,
251. Excitement against them, 11.
135. Clergy foment the excitement,
136. Various offences urged against,
137. Torquemada's violent conduct
respecting, 137. Isabella's feelings
towards them, 139. Edict for their
expulsion, 139, 150; its severe opera-
tion, 140. Their constancy, 142. Their
departure, 143. Treatment of them
in Portugal, 144. Their sufferings in
Africa, 144; in Italy, 146. Eminent
and learned men among the exiled,
147, note. Whole number of exiled,
148. Disastrous results of their expul-
sion, 149. Motives of the edict, 150.

Contemporary judgments on them else-
where, 161. Banished from Portugal,
356. Prohibited from going to the
New World, 488.

Joan, her marriage with John of Aragon,
1. 31. Her deportment towards Carlos,
32, 38. Is besieged at Estella, 33.
Gives birth to Ferdinand the Catholic,
33. Forbidden to enter Barcelona, 41.
Seeks refuge in Gerona, 48. Besieges
Rosas, and joins Prince Ferdinand, be-
fore Gerona, 56. Her death, 57.
Joanna, a Portuguese princess, sister of
Alfonso V., married to Henry IV., of
Castile, 1. 67. Her gayety; the conse-
quent suspicions, 67, 139, note. The
mother of Joanna, commonly called
Beltraneja, 75. To be divorced, 94.
Her death; remarks on her character,
140, note.

Joanna Beltraneja, daughter of Joanna,
wife of Henry IV., of Castile, 1. 75.
Supported by a fraction of the royal
party, 98. Affianced to the duke of
Guienne, 115. Guienne dies, and other
negotiations take place, 125. Foun-
dation of the popular belief of her ille-
gitimacy, 139, note. Her pretensions
to the crown, considered, 140. Parti-
sans of, 145. Supported by Alfonso
of Portugal, 146; measures in regard
to her marrying him, 149. The veil
taken by her, 172, 173. Her proposed
marriage with Francis Phoebus, 353.
Further remarks respecting her, 11.
344. Her death, 345, note. The re-
port respecting Ferdinand's proposed
union with, 11. 215, note.

Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isa-
bella, and mother of Charles V., 1. 354.
Proposition for the marriage of, with
Francis Phœbus, king of Navarre, 354.
Her birth, 11. 343. Her marriage into
the family of Austria, 348, 352. Her
embarkation, 350. Her arrival in
Flanders, 352. Her nuptials celebrated
with uncommon pomp, 352. Charles
V., son of, 1. 61. Her despondency,
92. Birth of her second son, 93. In-
sane, 94, 170. Visited by Isabella, 94.
Her mad conduct, 171. Her incapa-

city, 208. Favors the government by
her father, 212. Rigorously confined,
212. Her condition at the death of
her husband, 260. Her conduct in
regard to her husband's remains, 268.
Changes her ministers, 270. Her in-
terview with Ferdinand, 283. Her
death, 284.

See Philip, and Philip

and Joanna.
John II., of Castile, accession of, 1. 4.
His kingdom governed by favorites,
5. His partiality to Alvaro de Luna,
5, 7.

His oppression of the com-
mons, 8. His encouragement of lit-
erature, 13. His marriage with the
princess Isabella, 24. His death, 28.
John II., of Aragon, governs Aragon
during the absence of Alfonso V., 1.
30. Title of his son Carlos to Navarre,
30. His marriage with Joan Henri-
quez, 31; her deportment towards
Carlos, 32. Defeats Carlos, 33. Suc-
ceeds to the crown of Aragon, 37.
His hypocritical reconciliation with
Carlos, 37; his perfidious treatment
and imprisonment of him, 39. His
escape from the fury of the Catalans,
40. Releases his son Carlos from
prison, 41. His treaty with Louis
XI., of France, 50. Allegiance to,
renounced by the Catalans, 51. His
successes, 52. His distresses, embar-
rassments, and calamities, 55. Death
of the wife of, 57. Improvement in
his affairs, 58. Restoration of his
eyesight, 58. Besieges and subdues
Barcelona, 60. His embarrassments at
the time of Ferdinand's entrance into
Castile, 106. Writes to Ferdinand re-
specting the archbishop of Toledo, 117.
Takes part with Roussillon and Cer-
dagne against Louis XI., 120. Throws
himself into Perpignan, 121. His ani-
mating conduct, 122. Relieved by
Ferdinand, 122. Louis detains his
ambassadors, 129. His interview with
Ferdinand, subsequently to the battle
of Toro, 170, note. His death and
character, 175. His zeal against here-
tics, 234.

John, duke of Calabria and Lorraine, in-

trusted with the government of Cata-
lonia, 1. 54. Abandons the siege of
Gerona, 56. His popularity, and suc-

cesses, 56. His death, 59.
John, Prince, son of Alfonso of Portugal,
1. 147. Marches to the aid of his
father, at Zamora, 157. Takes part
in the battle of Toro, 160, 161. Crown-
ed, 168. Resigns the crown to his
father, 169. Proposition for the union
of Alfonso, son of, with Isabella of
Castile, 172. Discoveries in the reign
of, 11. 112. Columbus applies to, 119.
His conduct towards the exiled Jews,
144. His reception of Columbus, on
his return from his first voyage, 161,
note, 175. Endeavours to check the
career of Spanish discovery, 175.
Sends an ambassador to Ferdinand
and Isabella, 176. His wary diplo-
macy in regard to their embassy to
him, 176. Advised of Columbus's
having sailed on his second voyage,
179. His disgust, 180. Adjustment
of the misunderstanding, by the treaty
of Tordesillas, 181. Dies, and the
crown devolves on Emanuel, 346.
John, son of Ferdinand and Isabella,
proposition for the union of, with
Catharine of Navarre, 1. 354. Meas-
ures for the recognition of, 11. 45.
Honor of knighthood conferred on, 82.
His birth and early education, 189, 343,
note. His attainments, 191. Prince
of the Asturias, 343, note. Union of,
with Margaret, 348, 353. His sudden
illness, 356. His death, 357. His
amiable character, 358.

John of Navarre. See Albret.
Joshua, his miracle of the sun standing
still, said to be repeated at Oran, III.
307, note.

Judges, abridgment of the commission of
the, 1. 194, note.
Juglar, Fray Gaspard, inquisitor over
the diocese of Saragossa, 11. 7.
Julius II., his bull of July 28th, 1508, 1I.

492. His election as pope, 1. 118.
Furnishes Ximenes with Greek manu
scripts, 322. Ratifies the treaty of
Cambray, 330. His opposition to the

French, 335. Grants Ferdinand the
investiture of Naples, and other favors,
336. Becomes a party in the Holy
League, 337. His bull, excommuni-
cating the sovereigns of Navarre, 360.
Jurisprudence, reform of the, 1. 196.
Study of, in Spain, 205. See Laws.
Justice, administration of, in Castile, 1.
131, 178, 188, 194, 206. King and
queen preside in courts of, 195. Meas-
ures for the administration of, 11. 48.
Marineo cited respecting, 11. 438.
Justice of Aragon, his court, 1. lxxxvi.
Causes referred to, xciv. Institution of
the office of, cv. Important functions
of, cv. Examples of independent con-
duct of, cvii. His great consideration,
cxix.

K.

King of Aragon, extent of his authority,
1. lxxxv.

King of Castile, his power and the peo-
ple's compared, 1. lvii.
Knighthood, favored by the law of Cas-
tile, 1. lxiv.

Knights, civilities between the Moorish

and Christian, 1. 293. See Chivalry.
Koran, the, exacts military service of all
persons, 1. 271, note.

L.

Ladies, literary, in Spain, r. 196.
Laino, surprised by Gonsalvo, 1. 319.
Lance, complement of a, 1. 51, note.
Lanjaron, captured, I. 428.

Laws, codification of the, 1. 196. Com-
pilation of, 1. 447. Character of the,
453.

Lebrija, Antonio de, notices of, and of
his writings, 1. 410, note, 11. 199. Em-
ployed in the compilation of the Com-
plutensian Polyglot, 111. 323, note.
Leo X., his brief to Ximenes, 111. 423.
Leon, Ponce de, discovers Florida, III.

472.

Leon, Rodrigo Ponce de, facts respect-
ing, I. 118, 320. His opposition to the

duke of Medina Sidonia, 189, 321.
Made marquis of Cadiz, 321. His ex-
pedition against Alhama, 322. His
indomitable spirit there, 332. His con-
nexion with the expedition to the Ax-
arquia, 359, 360, 366. His escape,
369. Rewarded, 394. Rescues Fer-
dinand, n. 15. Danger of, before
Malaga, 24. Takes possession of the
citadel, 36. Drawn into an ambuscade
near Baza, 47. Clears the gardens of
their timber, 57. Death and heroic
character of, 106. His descendants
and titles, 108, note.
Leonora, 1. 353, 111. 217.
Libraries, remarks on, before the intro-
duction of printing, 11. 187, note.
License for private voyages to the New
World, II. 488.

Literature, early state of, in Castile, 1.
12. Its encouragement under John
II., 13, 21; Marquis of Villena, 14;
Marquis of Santillana, 16; John de
Mena, 18; minor luminaries, 20; epis-
tolary and historical composition at
this period, 22. Encouragement of,
by Alhakem II., 284. State of, among
the Spanish Arabs, 299; circumstan-
ces favorable to it, 300. Palmy state
of, during the reign of the sovereigns,
11. 484, note. Further observations
respecting it, 494, note. See Castilian
literature.

Llorente, his computations respecting
the victims of the Inquisition, 1. 265.
Notice of his History of the Inquisi-
tion, 268, note. Computations respect-
ing the Inquisition, taken from, 111.
492, note.

Loja, Ferdinand's unsuccessful attempt
on, 1. 340. Ali Atar, the defender of,
374. Lord Scales distinguishes him-
self at, 397.

Lombardy, conquered by the French, 11.

5.

Longfellow, Henry W., his version of

Manrique's Coplas, 11. 231, note.
Longueville, strengthened by Palice, and
pursues the duke of Alva, 1. 356.
Lorraine, duke of. See John.
Louis XI., of France, his treaty with

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