CHAPTER III

THE HISTORY OF CASTILE TO THE DEATH OF PEDRO THE CRUEL (1214-1369 A.D.) 63

Ferdinand (III) el Santo, 65. Burke’s estimate of Queen Berengaria, 65. Ferdinand’s conquests, 66. Alfonso the Learned (el Sabio) and his successors, 68. Mariana’s account of the Divine judgment on Ferdinand IV, 71. Alfonso XI, 72. Mariana’s account of Pedro the Cruel, 73. Ayala’s account of the king’s honeymoon, 76. Pedro’s false marriage, 78. Ayala’s account of the murder of Fadrique, 80. Other royal murders, 83. The war with Henry of Trastamara, 84. Battle of Najera or Navarrete, 87. Ayala’s account of the quarrel between Edward and Pedro, 88. A new revolt; the end of Pedro the Cruel, 89. A final estimate of Pedro the Cruel, 91.

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