Chapter I: Front Matter

OLD COURT
LIFE IN SPAIN

BY
FRANCES ELLIOT

AUTHOR OF “OLD COURT LIFE IN FRANCE,” ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

VOLUME II.

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

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I.--FIESTA OF THE CORPUS DOMINI 1

II.--DON PEDRO.--MARIA DE PADILLA.--ALBUQUERQUE 9

III.--BLANCHE DE BOURBON 22

IV.--DON FADIQUE’S DECLARATION OF LOVE 31

V.--MARRIAGE AT VALLADOLID 38

VI.--CLOISTER, VALLADOLID.--CASTLE OF TALAVERA 57

VII.--DON PEDRO AND MARIA DE PADILLA 69

VIII.--DON FADIQUE GOES TO SEVILLE 80

IX.--MURDER OF DON FADIQUE 84

X.--DON PEDRO.--ALCAZAR.--THE QUEEN-MOTHER.--MARIA DE PADILLA 95

XI.--A NEW KING.--ENRIQUE DE TRASTAMARE 108

XII.--DON ENRIQUE AND ALBUQUERQUE IN COUNCIL 116

XIII.--QUEEN BLANCHE IN SANCTUARY 126

XIV.--DON ENRIQUE WELCOMES QUEEN BLANCHE TO TOLEDO 131

XV.--TAKING OF TOLEDO BY DON PEDRO.--DEATH OF QUEEN BLANCHE 137

XVI.--DEATH OF MARIA DE PADILLA.--DON JUAN DE MAÑARA 149

XVII.--DON ENRIQUE AGAIN CROWNED KING.--FLIGHT OF DON PEDRO 168

XVIII.--DON PEDRO APPEALS TO EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE TO REPLACE HIM ON THE THRONE 175

XIX.--THE BLACK PRINCE DEFEATS DON ENRIQUE AND REINSTATES DON PEDRO.--DON ENRIQUE MURDERS DON PEDRO.--DEATH OF DON ENRIQUE 190

XX.--JUAN I.--ENRIQUE EL ENFERMO 203

XXI.--JUAN II. AND DOÑA ISABEL OF PORTUGAL.--EXECUTION OF THE CONDE DE LUNA 234

XXII.--ENRIQUE IV. EL IMPOTENTE 268

XXIII.--FERDINAND AND ISABEL 288

XXIV.--LOS REYES CATOLICOS 302

XXV.--THE SIEGE OF GRANADA 311

XXVI.--THE END OF THE MOORS 330

XXVII.--DEATH OF ISABEL 339

ILLUSTRATIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE

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THE DARRO AND TORRE DE COMARES _Frontispiece_

PUERTA DEL VINO IN THE PLAZA DE LOS ALGIBES, ALHAMBRA 24

PATIO DE LOS LEONES, THE COURT OF THE LIONS, ALHAMBRA 68

THE HALL OF JUSTICE, ALHAMBRA 112

DEATH OF “EL GRAN CAPITAN” From a painting by M. Crespo, National Exhibition of Fine Arts, Madrid, 1884 156

SURRENDER OF GRANADA From a modern painting by F. Pradilla, in the Palacio del Senado, Madrid 200

PORTRAIT OF BOABDIL EL CHICO The Generalife, Granada 244

VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA, FROM THE CHURCH OF SAN NICHOLAS, ON THE ALBAICIN 286

ILLUSTRATIONS OTHER THAN PHOTOGRAVURE

A GATE OF THE COURT OF THE ORANGES, SEVILLE CATHEDRAL 12

A VIEW IN TOLEDO 34

A STREET IN TOLEDO From an etching by Chas. A. Platt 46

A VIEW IN ALCANTARA 56

CHARLES V.--1519 78

A VIEW IN ARANJUEZ 90

ON THE DARRO From an etching by Samuel Colman 100

A VIEW OF GRANADA 122

A WINDOW IN THE ALHAMBRA 134

THE AQUEDUCT NEAR GRANADA 144

THE GARDEN OF THE GENERALIFE, GRANADA 164

THE INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE, ALHAMBRA 178

A VIEW IN SEGOVIA From the engraving by D. Roberts, after the painting by J. Cousin 190

A VIEW IN GRANADA Engraving by James B. Allen from a drawing by D. Roberts 212

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 222

THE PORT, QUAY, AND CATHEDRAL, MALAGA 230

THE GATE OF BARCELONA From an etching by Charles A. Platt 254

QUEEN ISABELLA DICTATING HER WILL From the painting by E. Rosales in the National Museum, Madrid 266

FERNANDO THE CATHOLIC 278

PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ISABEL THE CATHOLIC 300

THE TOWN GATE OF THE CARMEN AT ZARAGOZA (Left as a permanent memorial of the Siege.) 310

THE HARBOUR OF CADIZ 322

TOWER AND HOTEL OF SIETE SUELOS, THE ALHAMBRA, GRANADA Photo by Valentine 334

GENERAL VIEW OF RONDA Photo by J. Laurent, Madrid 340

Old Court Life in Spain