500 INDEX. Atella, Montpensier besieged in, ii. 318. Aubigny , M. d', commander of the forces in Calabria, ii. 299. His defeat, 309. Commander of the land forces sent against Naples, iii. 19. Superseded, 40. Despatched to the Calabrias, 45. Defeats a small force near Terranova, 51. Is defeated near Seminara, 81, 161, note. Visited by Ferdinand, 280. Austria, alliances with the house of, ii. 348. See Maximilian. Autos dafe, account of, i. 260. Averroes, his commentary on Aristotle, 1. 303. Axarquia, expedition to, i. 357. Bacon, Lord, cited respecting the fall of Granada, ii. 101, note. Baena, Alphonso de, i. 20. Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, crosses the isthmus of Darien, iii. 472. Ballads or romances, historical value of, I. 294, note. Early cultivation of, in Spain, 216. Their resemblance to the English, 218. Numerous editions of them, 224. Bancroft, Greorge, remarks on his His- tory, II, 497, note. Bank, the first in Europe, established at Barcelona, i. cxii. Barbosa, Arias, an eminent scholar, no- tice of, II. 200. Barcelona, its early civilization, and in- stitutions, I. Ixxxiii. Its early com- mercial prosperity, cxi. First bank of exchange and deposit established at, cxii. Her municipal institutions and various objects of interest, cxiii. Independent conduct of, towards Fer- dinand I., cxvii. The consistory of, establislied, cxx. ; its influence, cxxi. University of, founded, cxxi. Be- sieged by John, and surrenders, GO, 120. Rejoicings at, upon the recovery of Ferdinand, ii. 159. The court at, ICO. Reception of Columbus there, 1G4. The treaty of, between the Spanish sovereigns and Charles VIII., 270 ; its importance to Spain, 271. Suppression of the university of, iii, 483, note. Barleta, Gonsalvo retires to, iii. 42. Distress of the Spaniards at, 49. Con- stancy of the Spaniards there, 51. Arrival of supplies, 54. Gonsalvo prepares to leave, 59, 71. Barons of Aragon, i. Ixxxvii. Their small number, Ixxxvii. Their great power, Ixxxix. Privileges of Union, xci. Reduced by Peter IV., xciii. Battles, remarks on the mode of con- ducting, in Italy, ii. 279. Bayard, Pierre de, iii. 41. At the siege of Barleta, 44. At a tournament, 46. Duel between him and Sotoraayor, 47. Heroism of, 135. His ardor at the bridge of Mola, 142. Baza, reconnoitred by Ferdinand, ii. 46. Preparations for the siege of, 50. The king takes command of the army there, 51. Position and strength of, 52. Assault on the garden before, 52. Despondency of the Spanish chiefs before, 54. The queen raises the spir- its of her troops, 56. Gardens there, cleared of their timber, 57. Closely invested, 58. Despatches sent thither from the sultan of Egypt, 59. Houses erected there for the army, 61. Ef- fects of a heavy tempest, 63. Resolu- tion of the besieged in, 65. Isabella visits the camp before, 66. Suspen- sion of arms, 67. Its surrender, 68 ; the conditions, 68. Occupation of, 69. Treaty of surrender with El Zagal, 69. Ferdinand's policy in regard to, 84. Beatriz. Doiia, of Portugal, her exertions to bring about a peace with Castile, 1. 171. Beltraneja. See Joanna Bcltraneja. Benegas, Reduan, i. 362, 369. Beneinaquez, fate of the town of, i. 390. Bernaldez, Andres, curate of Los Pala- cios, notice of, and of his writings, ii 108. Bible, Ximenes's edition of the, ii. 201, note, 204, in. 312. Account of it, 321
