The Story of Majorca and Minorca
Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I Of King Jayme I. of Aragon and how he resolved to conquer Majorca and drive out the Moors4. CHAPTER II Tells how King Jayme won a victory over the Moors of Majorca; and gives some account of the Moorish capital5. CHAPTER III Tells how En Jayme besieged and took the capital, conquered the whole island, and became the first Christian King of Majorca6. CHAPTER IV King Jayme’s last visits—Settlement of the island—Acts and death of Jayme I., first King of Majorca7. 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 tryst8. 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 roost9. CHAPTER VII Tells how young Federigo held Sicily against all odds, how the Catalan Company went to the east, and how Jayme of Majorca was restored to his island home10. CHAPTER VIII Tells how King Jayme II. at last reigned in peace, and how his page Raimondo Lulio attained the crown of martyrdom11. CHAPTER IX The career of Prince Fernando of Majorca; and tells how the orphan was taken home to its grandmother12. CHAPTER X King Sancho of Majorca13. CHAPTER XI King Jayme III. of Majorca14. CHAPTER XII Relates the adventures of Jayme and Isabel, describes the memorial chair, and records the end of the Majorcan dynasty15. CHAPTER XIII Relates the story, so far as it concerns Majorca, of the last Kings of Aragon16. CHAPTER XIV The Majorcans as navigators17. CHAPTER XV The Comunidades18. CHAPTER XVI The Majorcan historians—War of succession—Families ennobled—Cotoners—Raxa and Cardinal Despuig—Country houses19. CHAPTER XVII The Marquis of Romana and the patriot Jovellanos.20. CHAPTER XVIII Conclusion21. CHAPTER I Minorca—Its prehistoric remains—Mago the Carthaginian—Successive occupations22. CHAPTER II Conquest of Minorca by Alfonso III.—The Barbary pirates23. CHAPTER III British occupation of Minorca.24. CHAPTER IV Minorca as a base25. CHAPTER V Minorca under British rule26. CHAPTER VI Minorca twice lost27. CHAPTER VII The third occupation of Minorca—Loss of British rule28. INDEX29. THE WORKS OF Elizabeth Barrett Browning and of Robert Browning.30. WORKS BY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON.31. NEW VOLUME. ADAM GRIGSON. By Mrs. HENRY DE LA PASTURE. DAILY TELEGRAPH.—‘Quite a notable achievement in many ways, there being at least three pictures of women contained in it which could not be improved upon.’