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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-17

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780483232198

Excerpt from The Dublin Review, Vol. 28 At this period the peninsula was divided into five sepa rate kingdoms, - Castile, Aragon, Navarre, Portugal, and Granada. Of these, Castile was by far the most consider able. Aragon, the next in importance, owed a good deal of its influence to its naval power. Navarre, though small in extent, scanty in population, and poor in natural produc tion, derived a good deal of weight from its commanding the passes of the Pyrenees, and holding the key of the entire territory of the peninsula. Portugal was compara tively weak and exposed; and Granada was tottering on the verge of that ruin into which it was plunged for ever about a century later. The conflicting interests of these monarchies opened the way to endless intrigues, jealousies, and treasons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.