CHAPTER VI

FERDINAND AND ISABELLA (1474-1504 A.D.) 134

Resistance to papal encroachment, 139. The regulation of trade, 140. The pre-eminence of the royal authority, 141. Progress of the war, 145. The siege of Malaga, 149. The capture of Granada, 151. End of Moslem sway in Spain, 154. Spanish explorers and Christopher Columbus, 155. The expulsion of the Jews, 157. Persecution and revolt of the Moors, 161. Spain in Italy; the Great Captain, 163. Illness and death of Isabella, 166. Prescott’s estimate of Isabella, 169. Burke’s estimate of Isabella; Hume’s estimate, 176.

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