Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (Annotated)
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (Annotated)

Author: Washington Washington Irving

Publisher:

Published: 2017-11-29

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 9781973421702

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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.First published in 1850, this acclaimed classic describes the struggle of Castilian sovereigns Ferdinand and Isabella against the Moors of the Kingdom of Granada, leading to the Conquest in 1492. The story is based on the fragmentary remains of Fray Antonio Agapida's contemporary chronicles and other historical documents.

Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (annotated)
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (annotated)

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9781517565381

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Although the following Chronicle bears the name of the venerable Fray Antonio Agapida, it is rather a superstructure reared upon the fragments which remain of his work. It may be asked, Who is this same Agapida, who is cited with such deference, yet whose name is not to be found in any of the catalogues of Spanish authors? The question is hard to answer. He appears to have been one of the many indefatigable authors of Spain who have filled the libraries of convents and cathedrals with their tomes, without ever dreaming of bringing their labors to the press.

Tales of the Alhambra
Tales of the Alhambra

Author: Washington Irving

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-08-21

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9781537146249

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Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.

Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon
Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon

Author: Donald Joseph Kagay

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 9789004125537

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This collection of eighteen essays focuses on various phases of warfare around the medieval Mediterranean. Topics of these essays range from crusading activity to the increasing use of mercenaries to the spread of gunpowder weaponry.