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PART I

_MAJORCA_

CHAPTER I

Of King Jayme I. of Aragon, and how he resolved to conquer
Majorca and drive out the Moors 1

CHAPTER II

Tells how King Jayme won a victory over the Moors of
Majorca, and gives some account of the Moorish capital 16

CHAPTER III

Tells how En Jayme besieged and took the capital, conquered
the whole island, and became the first Christian King of
Majorca 25

CHAPTER IV

King Jayme’s last visits. Settlement of the island--Acts
and death of Jayme I. 39

CHAPTER V

Tells how the King of Aragon took up Conradin’s glove,
how the Pope’s curses went home to roost, and how En
Pedro kept his tryst 54

CHAPTER VI

Tells how the Queen of Aragon went to Sicily with her sons,
how Admiral Lauria won new victories, and how more of
the Pope’s curses went home to roost 76

CHAPTER VII

Tells how young Federigo held Sicily against all odds, how
the Catalan Company went to the east, and how Jayme II.
of Majorca was restored to his island home 96

CHAPTER VIII

Tells how King Jayme II. at last reigned in peace, and how
his page, Raymondo Lulio, attained the crown of martyrdom 107

CHAPTER IX

The career of Prince Fernando of Majorca, and tells how the
orphan was taken home to its grandmother 120

CHAPTER X

King Sancho of Majorca 136

CHAPTER XI

King Jayme III. of Majorca 141

CHAPTER XII

Relates the adventures of Jayme and Isabel, describes the
memorial chair, and records the end of the Majorcan
dynasty 151

CHAPTER XIII

Relates the story, so far as it concerns Majorca, of the last
Kings of Aragon 160

CHAPTER XIV

The Majorcans as navigators 170

CHAPTER XV

The ‘Comunidades’ 180

CHAPTER XVI

The Majorcan historians--War of Succession--Families
ennobled--Cotoners, Raxa, and Cardinal Despuig--Country
houses 190

CHAPTER XVII

The Marquis of Romana and the patriot Jovellanos 201

CHAPTER XVIII

Conclusion 213

PART II

_MINORCA_

CHAPTER I

Minorca--Its prehistoric remains--Mago the Carthaginian 219

CHAPTER II

Conquest by Alfonso III.--Barbary pirates 230

CHAPTER III

British occupation 242

CHAPTER IV

Minorca as a base 253

CHAPTER V

Minorca under British rule 263

CHAPTER VI

Minorca twice lost 272

CHAPTER VII

Third occupation--Loss of British rule 282

INDEX 291

MAPS

MAJORCA _to face p._ 218

MINORCA ” 290

THE STORY OF MAJORCA AND MINORCA