The Story of Majorca and Minorca

PREFACE

CHAPTER I Of King Jayme I. of Aragon and how he resolved to conquer Majorca and drive out the Moors

CHAPTER II Tells how King Jayme won a victory over the Moors of Majorca; and gives some account of the Moorish capital

CHAPTER III Tells how En Jayme besieged and took the capital, conquered the whole island, and became the first Christian King of Majorca

CHAPTER IV King Jayme’s last visits—Settlement of the island—Acts and death of Jayme I., first King of Majorca

CHAPTER V Tells how the King of Aragon took up Conradin’s glove; how the Pope’s curses went home to roost; and how En Pedro kept his tryst

CHAPTER VI Tells how the Queen of Aragon went to Sicily with her sons, how Admiral Lauria won new victories, and how more of the Pope’s curses went home to roost

CHAPTER VII Tells how young Federigo held Sicily against all odds, how the Catalan Company went to the east, and how Jayme of Majorca was restored to his island home

CHAPTER VIII Tells how King Jayme II. at last reigned in peace, and how his page Raimondo Lulio attained the crown of martyrdom

CHAPTER IX The career of Prince Fernando of Majorca; and tells how the orphan was taken home to its grandmother