The Story of Majorca and Minorca

CONTENTS

Page
Preface	v
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
Majorcato face p.	218
Minorcato face p.	290

THE STORY
OF
MAJORCA AND MINORCA

PART I
Majorca

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