CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.


INTRODUCTION.

SECTION I.
VIEW OF THE CASTILIAN MONARCHY BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
STATE OF SPAIN AT THE MIDDLE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
EARLY HISTORY AND CONSTITUTION OF CASTILE
THE VISIGOTHS
INVASION OF THE ARABS
ITS INFLUENCE ON THE CONDITION OF THE SPANIARDS
CAUSES OF THEIR SLOW RECONQUEST OF THE COUNTRY
THEIR ULTIMATE SUCCESS CERTAIN
THEIR RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM
INFLUENCE OF THEIR MINSTRELSY
THEIR CHARITY TO THE INFIDEL
THEIR CHIVALRY
EARLY IMPORTANCE OF THE CASTILIAN TOWNS
THEIR PRIVILEGES
CASTILIAN CORTES
ITS GREAT POWERS
ITS BOLDNESS
HERMANDADES OF CASTILE
WEALTH OF THE CITIES
PERIOD OF THE HIGHEST POWER OF THE COMMONS
THE NOBILITY
THEIR PRIVILEGES
THEIR GREAT WEALTH