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Excerpt: ...y Siscar, Orígenes, tom. ii. p. 4. PART SECOND. 1493-1517. THE PERIOD WHEN, THE INTERIOR ORGANIZATION OF THE MONARCHY HAVING BEEN COMPLETED, THE SPANISH NATION ENTERED ON ITS … More...

Excerpt: ...y Siscar, Orígenes, tom. ii. p. 4. PART SECOND. 1493-1517. THE PERIOD WHEN, THE INTERIOR ORGANIZATION OF THE MONARCHY HAVING BEEN COMPLETED, THE SPANISH NATION ENTERED ON ITS SCHEMES OF DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST; OR THE PERIOD ILLUSTRATING MORE PARTICULARLY THE FOREIGN POLICY OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. CHAPTER I. ITALIAN WARS.-GENERAL VIEW OF EUROPE.-INVASION OF ITALY BY CHARLES VIII. OF FRANCE. 1493-1495. Europe at the Close of the Fifteenth Century.-More Intimate Relations between States.-Italy the School of Politics.-Pretensions of Charles VIII. to Naples.-Treaty of Barcelona.-The French Invade Naples.- Ferdinand''s Dissatisfaction.-Tactics and Arms of the Different Nations.- Preparations of Spain.-Mission to Charles VIII.-Bold Conduct of the Envoys.-The French enter Naples. We have now reached that memorable epoch, when the different nations of Europe, surmounting the barriers which had hitherto confined them within their respective limits, brought their forces, as if by a simultaneous impulse, against each other on a common theatre of action. In the preceding part of this work, we have seen in what manner Spain was prepared for the contest, by the concentration of her various states under one government, and by such internal reforms, as enabled the government to act with vigor. The genius of Ferdinand will appear as predominant in what concerns the foreign relations of the country, as did that of Isabella in its interior administration. So much so, indeed, that the accurate and well-informed historian, who has most copiously illustrated this portion of the national annals, does not even mention, in his introductory notice, the name of Isabella, but refers the agency in these events exclusively to her more ambitious consort. 1 In this he is abundantly justified, both by the prevailing character of the policy pursued, widely differing from that which distinguished the queen''s measures, and by the circumstance that the... William Hickling Prescott, Books, History, The History Of The Reign Of Ferdinand And Isabella The Catholic - Volume 2 Books>History, General Books LLC<

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