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Archibald Wilberforce. Spain and Her Colonies
Spain and Her Colonies
Table of Contents
THE HISTORY OF SPAIN. CHAPTER I. SPAIN IN ANTIQUITY
CHAPTER II. THE CALIPHATE OF CORDOVA
CHAPTER III. MEDIEVAL SPAIN
CHAPTER IV. MOORISH SPAIN
CHAPTER V. THE INQUISITION
CHAPTER VI. THEIR CATHOLIC MAJESTIES
CHAPTER VII. UNITED SPAIN
CHAPTER VIII. MODERN SPAIN
CHAPTER IX. COLONIAL SPAIN
CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF AN EMPIRE
CHAPTER XI. THE PHILIPPINES
CHAPTER XII. THE HISPANO-AMERICAN WAR
CHAPTER XIII. SPANISH ART, LITERATURE, AND SPORT
I. PAINTING AND ARCHITECTURE
II. SPANISH LITERATURE
III. SPORT
APPENDIX
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Archibald Wilberforce
Published by Good Press, 2021
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How far the Spanish Christians were aided, as it has been stated they were, by the Moors, it is impossible to discover. The fact of such an alliance, in itself sufficiently improbable, is quite unnecessary to explain the ever-famous defeat at Roncesvalles.
Nor can we speak with much greater confidence of the prowess or even of the existence of the equally famous Roland, in the ranks of the invading or evading army; or of that of the no less celebrated Bernardo del Carpio in the ranks of the pursuers.
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