THE

HISTORY

OF

PORTUGAL

AND

SPAIN.

BY WILLIAM MAVOR, LL.D.

VICAR OP HURLEY IN BERKSHIRE, CHAPLAIN TO THE

EARL OF DUMFRIES,
AUTHOR OF THE BRITISH NEPOS, &c. &c.

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THIS VOLUME

OF

MODERN UNIVERSAL HISTORY

15,

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VOL. XV.

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PORTUGAL.

CHAP. I. General Description of Portugal,

.and its History under its Counts. 1

II. From the Battle of Ourique to the

Reduction of Portugal by

Philip, King of Spain.

13

III. History of Portugal under the

Kings of Spain.

62

IV. From the Elevation of the House

of Bragança to the present time. 74

V. Appendix to the History of Portugal. - 88

SPAIN.

CH. I. History of Spain from the Acces-

sion of Euric to the Subver.

sion of the Gothic Monarchy

by the Moors.

110

II. From the Subversion of the Gothic

Monarchy, to the Union of all

the Spanish Kingdoms, except

Portugal, under Ferdinand

and Isabella:

145

III. From the Union of the Spanish

Kingdoms, to the Abdication

of Charles I. commonly called

the Emperor Charles V.

2411

IV. From the Abdication of Charles

I, to the Death of Charles II.

the last Monarch of Spain of

the House of Austria.

267

V. From the Accession of Phili* V.

to the general Peace of 1801. 308

MODERN HISTORY.

HISTORY OF PORTUGAL.

CHAP. I. General Description of Portugal, and its History

under its Counts.

WHIS the most westerly kingdom of Eu

rope, being bounded on the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the east and north by Spain. Its extreme length is about three hundred miles, and its greatest breadth one hundred and fifty.

Lusitania is the Latin name constantly appropriated to this country by modern writers; yet it is evident that the limits of the ancient Lusitania by no means corresponded with the present Portugal, of whose etymology various origins are given: one, which at least possesses the semblance of probability, is, that a number of Gauls having landed at Porto, it received the appellation of Portus Gallorum, and in process of time, the name being softened, was gradually extended to the whole country; but when this event happened, or what occasioned the migration of the Gauls, are particulars buried in oblivion. Another etymology which has more certain foundations in history, is as follows: on an emi." Vol. XV.

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