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Identifier: briefhistoryofna01fish (find matches)
Title: A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ey accomplished the feat of bringing both nobles and clergyinto subjection. The sovereigns directed their attention tothe Moorish kingdom of Granada, the capital of which, withits famous castle of the Alhambra, was captured in 1492,after a ten years bloody war. In spite of promises that theMoors should enjoy religious freedom, they were for yearssubjected to frightful persecution, and their sufferings forma long and dismal chapter of Spanish history. The dethronedMoorish king, Boabdil, fled to Africa, where he fell in battle.Choice was given to the Moslems to become Christians orto emigrate. The professed coiiverts were goaded by crueltreatment into repeated insurrections. It was a fierce warof races and religions. Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand andIsabella, had become Queen of Castile in right of her mother.Her mind became disordered, however, and her father, Fer- 356 SPAIN dinand, was made regent of the kingdom; and for many yearshe administered the government with wisdom and modera-
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CouKT OF THE Lions (Alhainbra) tion. He availed himself of the disturbances of France toannex to Castile the portion of Navarre lying on the southof the Pyrenees. GERMANY AND ITALY 357 IV. Germany and the Empire Frederick III. (1440-1493). — While England, France, andSpain were organizing monarchy, Italy and Germany becamethe prey of other nations as a result of keeping up the anar-chical condition of the Middle Ages. Frederick III. was thelast emperor crowned at Rome. He lacked energy, neglectedthe empire, and busied himself in enlarging his Austrian do-mains. Without any help from him, the Hungarians, underJohn Hunyady, drove the Turks from Belgrade in 1456. TheTurks were now the great danger to Europe. The efforts ofthe emperor to obtain the Bohemian and Hungarian crownswere unsuccessful. By the Peace of Thorn (1454) the west-ern part of Prussia was taken from the Teutonic Knights, andannexed to Poland. Maximilian I, (1493-1519).—Maximilian I. was a restlessprince, eager for ad

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