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First, that the Moorish king and the military chiefs, jurists, judges, religious advisers, governors, learned men, and all of the commanders and men of substance and all of the commoners of the city of Granada, including the Albaicín and its surrounding areas, shall, with love, peace, and goodwill, … within the next forty days turn over to Their Highnesses or to their agent the fortress of the Alhambra and the Alhizan, with all their towers and gates, and all the other fortresses, towers, and gates of the city of Granada and of the Albaicín and the surrounding areas extending out into the countryside, so that they may occupy them in their name with their people and at their will. …
Contents
- The Renaissance: An Overview
- Renaissance Art and Science
- Church Corruption
- The Great Plague
- Christian Humanism
- Rise of National Monarchies
- Dante and the Italian Communes
- Church Corruption and the Conciliar Movement
- Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture
- The Copernican Revolution
- The Newtonian Cosmos
- Roger Bacon: “On Experimental Science” Year: 1268
- Giovanni Boccaccio: The Decameron Year: 1350–1353
- Petrarch: Letter to Lapo de Castiglionchio Year: 1351
- Petrarch: Letter to Francesco Nelli Year: 1360
- Petrus Paulus Vergerius: “Concerning Liberal Studies” Year: ca. 1400
- Christine de Pisan: The Treasure of the City of Ladies Year: ca. 1405
- Leon Alberti: On Painting Year: 1435
- Vespasiano da Bisticci: Portrait of Cosimo de’ Medici Year: ca. 1460
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man Year: 1486
- The Croyland Chronicle: Battle of Bosworth Field Year: 1486
- Surrender Treaty of the Kingdom of Granada Year: 1491
- Alhambra Decree Year: 1492
- Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus Year: 1492
- Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America Year: 1493
- A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama Year: 1497–1498
- Desiderius Erasmus: The Praise of Folly Year: 1509
- Niccoló Machiavelli: The Prince Year: 1513
- Nicolaus Copernicus: On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres Year: 1543
- Giorgio Vasari: “Leonardo da Vinci, Florentine Painter and Sculptor” Year: 1550
- Michel de Montaigne: “Of the Education of Children” Year: 1579–1580
- Galileo Galilei: Starry Messenger Year: 1610
- Letter of Cardinal Bellarmine to Paolo Antonio Foscarini concerning Galileo’s Theories Year: 1615
- Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Year: 1687