PREFACE

CONTENTS

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

CHAPTER II Tells how King Jayme won a victory over the Moors of

CHAPTER III Tells how En Jayme besieged and took the capital,

CHAPTER IV King Jayme's last visits Settlement of the

CHAPTER V Tells how the King of Aragon took up Conradin's

CHAPTER VI Tells how the Queen of Aragon went to Sicily with

CHAPTER VII Tells how young Federigo held Sicily against all

CHAPTER VIII Tells how King Jayme II. at last reigned in peace,

CHAPTER IX The career of Prince Fernando of Majorca; and tells

CHAPTER X King Sancho of Majorca

CHAPTER XI King Jayme III. of Majorca

CHAPTER XII Relates the adventures of Jayme and Isabel,

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

CHAPTER XIV The Majorcans as navigators

CHAPTER XV The Comunidades

CHAPTER XVI The Majorcan historians War of

CHAPTER XVII The Marquis of Romana and the patriot Jovellanos.

CHAPTER XVIII Conclusion

CHAPTER I Minorca Its prehistoric remains Mago the Carthaginian Successive occupations

CHAPTER II Conquest of Minorca by Alfonso III. The Barbary pirates

CHAPTER III British occupation of Minorca.

CHAPTER IV Minorca as a base

CHAPTER V Minorca under British rule

CHAPTER VI Minorca twice lost

CHAPTER VII The third occupation of Minorca Loss of British rule

INDEX

THE WORKS OF Elizabeth Barrett Browning and of Robert Browning.

WORKS BY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON.

THE WATERLOO LIBRARY. THIS SERIES COMPRISES SOME OF THE BEST

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THE STORY OF MAJORCA AND MINORCA

THE STORY OF
MAJORCA AND MINORCA
BY
SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.B.
AUTHOR OF
‘RICHARD III: LIFE AND CHARACTER’ ‘THE LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD FAIRFAX’
‘EDWARD VI: AN APPRECIATION’ ETC.
WITH TWO MAPS
LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1908
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