The History of Spain and Portugal Volume N . 2 book

The History of Spain and Portugal Volume N . 2 by Samuel A Dunham

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Author: Samuel A Dunham
Number of Pages: 128 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781231090664
File size: 48 Mb
File Name: The.History.of.Spain.and.Portugal.Volume.N...2.pdf
Download Link: The History of Spain and Portugal Volume N . 2
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 Excerpt: ...most beloved of his children, those of the Asturias and Leon; and to Garcia, Galicia, which then extended into Lusitania as far as the Duero: his recent conquests were also divided among them according to their contiguity. Nor were his two daughters overlooked: Urraca, the eldest, had the city of Zamora; and Elvira that of Toro; and to both was bequeathed in addition the patronage of several monasteries. 'Alfon80 VI. of Leon, and Sancho II. of Castile, appear to have lived in tranquillity with each other 'during two years after their father's death, --a longer period than might have been expected from their mutual jealousies and their proneness to war. In 1068, Sancho assumed the assailant, and defeated his brother on the banks of the Pisuerga. History leaves us in the dark alike as to the causes and consequences of this warfare: all that is certain is, that a suspension of hostilities followed until 1071, when the brothers again encountered each other near the river Carrion, at a place called Valpellage.f The battle was obstinate and bloody: it ended in the defeat of the Castilians; but the latter, by surprising the Leonnese in their camp, not only restored the honour of their arms, but almost exterminated the Pelagius Ovetensis, Chronicon Regum Legionensium (apud Florez, xiv. 471.), Monachi Silensis Chronicon (apud eundem, xvli. 313, arc.). Ximcnes, Rerum in Hispania Gestaruin, lib. vi. cap. 9--12. (apud Schottum, Hispania Illustrata, tom. ii. p. 96, &c.). Lucac Tudensis, Chronicon Mundi (apud eundem, tom. iv. p. 92--96.). Chronicon Burgense (apud Flore, xxiii. 309.). Annales Compostellani (in eodem tomo, p. 319, ), Anales Toledanos (in eodem tomo, p. 384.). Chronicon Compostellanum (apud eundem, xx. 326.). Annalek Complutenses (apud eundem, xxiii. 313....

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