Readings in European History: a Collection of Extracts From the Sources ...
Readings in European History: a Collection of Extracts From the Sources ...
Robinson, James Harvey, 1863-1936
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Probably no Europe at the Opening of the Sixteenth Century 239 other book gives one so lively a notion as does The Prime of the prevailing political spirit at the beginning of the sixteenth century.^ Nothing makes a prince so well thought of as to under- 96. Mach- take great enterprises and give striking proofs of his ca- i*^f^i'« Pacity. Ferdinand Among the princes of our time Ferdinand of Aragon, the. of Aragon. present king of Spain, may almost be accounted a new prince, since from one of th...e weakest he has become, for fame and glory, the foremost king in Christendom. And if you consider his achievements, you will find them all great, and some extraordinary. In the beginning of his reign he made war on Granada, which enterprise was the foundation of his power. At first he carried on the war leisurely, without fear of interruption, and kept the attention and thoughts of the barons of Castile so completely occupied with it that they had no time to think of changes at home. Meanwhile he insensibly acquired rep- utation among them and authority over them.
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