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INDEX, 527 Sismondi, remarks on the writings of, ii. 323, note. Sixtus IV., the sovereigns of Castile dif- fer with, I. 220. Sends a legate to the court of Castile, 221. Grants a bull, authorizing the Inquisition in Castile, 248. His conduct, 254. His present of a cross to the sovereigns for a stan- dard, 404. Slaves, condition of the Visigothic, i. XXXV. Regular e.xchange of, recom- mended by Columbus, ii. 470. Isa- bella's proceedings in regard to, 470, 49G. Sent back, 471. Introduction of, into the New World, 4'JC. In the colonies, 475. Slidell, his remarks on the armour of Fer- dinand and Isabella, i. 403, note. His description of Toledo, iii. 481, note. Solis, invited to court, iii. 470. His dis- coveries, 472. Sos, in Aragon, the birth-place of Ferdi- nand the Catholic, i. 34. Soto, Ferdinand de, his discoveries and death, iii. 472, note. Sotomayor, Alonso de, his duel with Ba- yard, III. 47. Sousa, first gains the summit of the walls of Oran, iii. 305. South Sea, effect of its discovery on Spain, i:i. 472. Southey, Robert, his History of the Span- ish Arabs, i. 315, note. Spain, I. xxix. Consolidation of the va- rious states of, xxix. Number of states in, reduced to four, xxx. Influence of the Visigoths on, xxxii ; of the Saracen invasion on, xxxiv; of the ecclesias- tics there, xxxix. State of the Jews in, at the accession of Isabella, 242. Early successes of Mahometanism and the Arabs in, i. 270. Conquest of, 273. Treatment of Christians in, 274. Mineral wealth of, 281. Civilities be- tween the people of, and the Spanish Arabs, 293. Merits of the scholars of, II. 201. Universities of, 202. Intro- duction of printing into, 206 ; encour- aged by the queen, 206 ; its rapid dif- fusion, 207. Importance of the treaty of Barcelona to. 271. Alarmed at the expedition of Charles VIII. -into Italy, 272. Peace of, with France, 335. Influence of the Italian wars on, 33? Moral consequences of her discove- ries in the west, 503. Her geograph ical extent, 505. Neutrality of, secur ed in relation to France and Italy, in 5. Alarmed by the French conquesti in Italy, 6. Rupture of, with France 34. Invasion of, by Louis XII., 97. Effects of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella on, 429. Policy of the crown at their accession, 430, Depression of the nobles in, 431. Treatment of the church in, 435. Morals there, 437. State of the commons in, 437. Royal ordinances for, 441. Advancement of prerogative in, 445. Legal compila- tions there, 447. Organization of councils in, 450. Legal profession in, advanced, 4.52. Character of the laws during the reign of Ferdinand and Is- abella, 453. Erroneous principles of legislation in, 456. Principal exports from, 458. Manufactures, 459. Ag- riculture, 4G0. Economical policy in, 463. Internal improvements in, 465. Increase of the empire of, 466. Its government of Naples, 468. Its rev- enues from the Indies, 469. Spirit of adventure in, 471. Progress of dis- covery, 472. Effect produced there, by the discovery of the South Sea, 473. Slavery in its colonies, 475. Administration of laws in the colonies of, 478. Its general prosperity, 479. Opulence of the towns of, 481. Public embellishments in, 4S2. Augmenta- tion of its revenue, 484 ; of its pop- ulation, 435. Patriotic principle in, 487. Chivalrous spirit, 488. Spirit of bio-otry in, 491. Beneficent impulse there, 492. The period of its national o-lory, 495. See Castile. Spaniards, their gradual encroachment on the Saracens, i. xxxvii. Dissen- sions among them, xxxvii. Extend their conquests to the Douro and Ta- gus, xxxviii. Their religious fervor and fanaticism, xxxviii. Their traditional minstrelsy, xl. Their respect for the