INDEX. 511 Columbus, 467. Their reception of Columbus when sent home by Boba- dilla, 474. Vindication of them, 475. Their last letter to Columbus, 483. Make careful provision for the colo- nies, 480; liberal grants, 487. Their independent attitude in regard to the pope, 493. Spirit of the colonial legislation under, 493. Alarmed by the French conquests in Italy, in. 6. Their remonstrance to the pope, 7. Solicit Philip and Joanna to visit Spain, 62, 64. Seized with fever, 171. Their burial-place, 183. Marble mausoleum erected over their remains, by Charles V., 389. Their characters contrasted, 398. General review of the administration of, 429. Their policy at their accession, 430. Their depression of the nobles, 431. Raise men of humble station to offices of the highest trust, 432. State of the commons under, 437. The pro- mulgation of pragmdticas, or royal ordinances by, 439, 441, note. Ad- vancement of prerogative under, 445. Legal compilations, 447. Organization of councils, 450. Legal profession ad- vanced by, 452. Character of the laws, 453. Erroneous principles of their legislation, 456. Economical policy under, 463. Internal improve- ments under, 465. Increase of em- pire, 466. Their government of Na- ples, 468. Their revenues from the Indies, 409, 477. Spirit of adventure in their reign, 471. Progress of dis- covery, 472. Their colonial adminis- tration, 478. General prosperity under, 479. Chivalrous spirit of the people under, 488. Their reign the period of national glory, 495. See Castile, Ferdinand, Isabella, and Spain. Ferrier, St. Vincent, his miracles for the conversion of the Jews, i. 240. Feudal institutions, decay of, ii. 254. Florida, discovered, iii. 472. Foix, Gaston de, duke of Nemours, and brother of the queen of Aragon, com- mander of the French army in Italy, III. 338. His death, 340. His char- acter, 341. Effects of his death on the French army, 343. Foix, Jean de, the daughter of, married to Ferdinand, iii. 217. Fonseca, Antonio de, sent on a mission to Charles VIII., ii. 285. His bold conduct, 287. His hostility to Colum- bus, 464. Proprietor of slaves, iii. 475, note. Foreigners, encouraged to settle in Spain, in. 465. France, treaties between and Aragon, i. 50, 123. Visited by Alfonso of Portu- gal, 160. Makes peace with Castile, 169. Rupture of, with Spain, in. 34. Her control over Italy, 112. EtFects of the rout of the Garigliano on, 149. Treaty with, 217; its impolicy, 218. See Charles, and Louis. Frederic II., of Prussia, his treatment of the Jews, ii. 152, note. Frederic II., of Naples, successor of Fer- dinand II., II. 326. His acts, 327. His reception of Gonsalvo, 334. Threat- ened by Louis XII., iii. 9. His ap- plications for aid, 10. His attempts at self-defence, 21. His fate, 22. Re- marks respecting him, 23, 104. Me- diator of a truce between France and Spain, 103. French army. See Mantua. French chronicles, notices of, in. 167, note. Funerals, Isabella's preamble respecting, III. 175, 193, note. Laws respecting, 457 Gaeta, Gonsalvo's movements against, in. 83, 85. Relief sent to, by Louis XII., 115, 119. Gonsalvo repulsed before, 119. The French retreat to, 141, 145. Capitulation of, 147. The Spaniards occupy, 151. Gardens before Baza, ii. 52. Cleared of their timber, 57. Garigliano, armies on the, in. 109. The French encamp there, 123. Bloody passage of the bridge of, 125. Dis-
