Alhambra, [87]

CHAPTER XV.

Perpetual Civil War between Spanish States—Castile

and Aragon Absorb the Others and in Conflict

for Supremacy—Pedro the Cruel—The

"Black Prince" His Champion against Aragon—John

of Gaunt—His Claim upon the Throne of

Castile—His Final Compromise—Political Conditions

Contrasted with Those of Other

States, [94]