Note 206 — Chapter XI · TOLEDO.
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“The Christians, in all matters exclusively relating to themselves, were governed by their own laws, administered by their own judges. Their churches and monasteries (rosæ inter spinas) were scattered over the principal towns, and their clergy were allowed to display the costume and celebrate the pompous ceremonial of the Romish religion.”—Prescott, Hist. of Ferdinand and Isabella, vol. i. p. 5.