The romance of history
Subtitle: Spain
By: illus. by J.K. Meadows
Publisher: Churton
Published: 1834
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Digitized and made available by: University of Toronto Libraries
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Historical summary: The Gothic Dynasty: Roderick, 710 to Don Pelayo, 718; The Gothic King; The Cavern of Cobadonga; Historical summary: Kings of Oviedo, 757 to 910; The Pass of Roncesvalles; The Maiden Tribue; Historical summary: Kings of Leon, 914 to 1028; The Count of Castile; The Infants of Lara; The Poisoned Goblet; Historical summary: Kings of Leon and Castile: Ferdinand the First, 1037, to Alonzo the Eighth, 1157; The Knight of Bivar.-  Vol. 2. Historical summary: Alonzo the Eighth, 1158 to Ferdinand the Third 1257; The Fair Jewess; The Spanish Crusade; Historical summary: Kings of Castile and Leon; The Conquest of Seville; Historical summary: Reigns of Alonzo the Tenth, surnamed the Wise and Sancho the Fourth, called the Brave; Guzman the Good; Historical summary: Reigns of Ferdinand the Fourth and Alonzo the Eleventh; The Brothers Carvajal; Historical summary: Reign of Don Pedro, surnamed the Cruel; A Legend of Don Pedro; The Master of Santiago; Historical summary: Reigns of Henry the Second, John the First, and Henry the Third, surnamed the Invalid; The Retributive Banquet.-  Vol. 3. Historical summary: John the Second; The Fate of Luna; Historical summary: Reign of Henry the Fourth, from 1454 to 1479: a period of 25 years; The Dethronement; Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon; Historical summary: Joint Reign of Ferdinand, surnamed the Catholic, and Isabella; The Downfal of Granada; Sovereigns of the House of Austria; Historical summary: Reign of Charles the First, commonly called the Emperor Charles the Fifth, to his Abdication from 1516 to 1556; Padilla and the Comuneros; Historical summary: Reign of Philip the Second, from 1556 to 1598; Mountain King; The Secretary Perez; Historical summary: Reigns of Philip the Third and Philip the Fourth, from 1598 to 1665; The Fortunes of Calderon; Historical summary: Reign of Charles the Second; the last Sovereign of the House of Austria; The Cardinal's Plot.