N IN THE LATER RENAISSANCE
VIII. THE BORGIAS AND THE BAD WOMEN OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
IX. THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
X. THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
XI. ITALIAN WOMEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

PART SECOND

XII. THE CONDITION OF SPAIN BEFORE THE MOORISH INVASION
XIII. WOMEN AMONG THE MOORS
XIV. THE WOMEN OF THE LITTLE MONARCHIES
XV. WOMEN IN EARLY POLITICAL LIFE
XVI. THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES
XVII. THE AGE OF ISABELLA--SPANISH UNITY
XVIII. THE WOMEN OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
XIX. THE SLOW DECAY OF SPANISH POWER
XX. THE WOMEN OF MODERN SPAIN

List of Illustrations

Boccaccio's merry raconteurs Jacques Wagrez.
Italian wedding costumes and customs, fifteenth century.
Contemporary painting.
Alexander VI. entertaining an ambassador H. Kaulbach.
Beatrice Cenci L. Valles.
Isabella receiving Columbus M. V. Crispo.
Spanish post-nuptial observances J. Agrasoty Juan.

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