CHAPTER XXIV

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DISCOURAGEMENTS OF SPANISH CULTURE AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD, AND ITS GENERAL CONDITION.

Spanish Intolerance 446 Persecution of Jews 446 Persecution of Moors 446 Inquisition, its Origin 447 Its Establishment in Spain 448 Its first Victims Jews 448 Its next Victims Moors 449 Its great Authority 450 Punishes Opinion 451 State of the Press 451 Past Literature of Spain 452 Promise for the Future 453

SECOND PERIOD.

THE LITERATURE THAT EXISTED IN SPAIN FROM THE ACCESSION OF THE AUSTRIAN FAMILY TO ITS EXTINCTION; OR FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH.

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