Chapter VIII

REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL CONDITION OF THE SPANISH ARABS
PREVIOUS TO THE WAR OF GRANADA.
EARLY SUCCESSES OF MAHOMETANISM
CONQUEST OF SPAIN
WESTERN CALIPHATE
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
CHARACTER OF THE SOVEREIGNS
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT
SUMPTUOUS PUBLIC WORKS
GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOVA
REVENUES
MINERAL WEALTH OF SPAIN
HUSBANDRY AND MANUFACTURES
POPULATION
CHARACTER OF ALHAKEM II.
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
DISMEMBERMENT OF THE CORDOVAN EMPIRE
KINGDOM OF GRANADA
AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE
RESOURCES OF THE CROWN
LUXURIOUS CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE
MOORISH GALLANTRY
CHIVALRY
UNSETTLED STATE OF GRANADA
CAUSES OF HER SUCCESSFUL RESISTANCE
LITERATURE OF THE SPANISH ARABS
CIRCUMSTANCES FAVORABLE TO IT
PROVISIONS FOR LEARNING
THE ACTUAL RESULTS
AVERROES
THEIR HISTORICAL MERITS
USEFUL DISCOVERIES
THE IMPULSE GIVEN BY THEM TO EUROPE
THEIR ELEGANT LITERATURE
POETICAL CHARACTER
INFLUENCE ON THE CASTILIAN
CIRCUMSTANCES PREJUDICIAL TO THEIR REPUTATION
NOTICES OF CASIRI, CONDE, AND CARDONNE

CHAPTER IX.
WAR OF GRANADA.--SURPRISE OF ZAHARA.--CAPTURE OF ALHAMA.
ZAHARA SURPRISED BY THE MOORS
DESCRIPTION OF ALHAMA
THE MARQUIS OF CADIZ
HIS EXPEDITION AGAINST ALHAMA
SURPRISE OF THE FORTRESS
VALOR OF THE CITIZENS
SALLY UPON THE MOORS
DESPERATE COMBAT
FALL OF ALHAMA
CONSTERNATION OF THE MOORS
THE MOORS BESIEGE ALHAMA
DISTRESS OF THE GARRISON
THE DUKE OF MEDINA SIDONIA
MARCHES TO RELIEVE ALHAMA
RAISES THE SIEGE
MEETING OF THE TWO ARMIES
THE SOVEREIGNS AT CORDOVA
ALHAMA INVESTED AGAIN BY THE MOORS
ISABELLA'S FIRMNESS
FERDINAND RAISES THE SIEGE
VIGOROUS MEASURES OF THE QUEEN

CHAPTER X.
WAR OF GRANADA.--UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT ON LOJA.--DEFEAT IN THE AXARQUIA.
SIEGE OF LOJA
CASTILIAN FORCES
ENCAMPMENT BEFORE LOJA
SKIRMISH WITH THE ENEMY
RETREAT OF THE SPANIARDS
REVOLUTION IN GRANADA
DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO
AFFAIRS OF ITALY
OF NAVARRE
RESOURCES OF THE CROWN
JUSTICE OF THE SOVEREIGNS
EXPEDITION TO THE AXARQUIA
THE MILITARY ARRAY
PROGRESS OF THE ARMY
MOORISH PREPARATIONS
SKIRMISH AMONG THE MOUNTAINS
RETREAT OF THE SPANIARDS
THEIR DISASTROUS SITUATION
THEY RESOLVE TO FORCE A PASSAGE
DIFFICULTIES OF THE ASCENT
DREADFUL SLAUGHTER
MARQUIS OF CADIZ ESCAPES
LOSSES OF THE CHRISTIANS