TURIES DOWN TO
THE BATTLE OF ALJUBARROTA

The thirteenth century poor in buildings--The Franciscans--Sao
Francisco Guimaraes--Santarem--Santa Maria dos Olivaes at
Thomar--_Cf._ aisle windows at Leca do Balio--Inactivity and
deposition of Dom Sancho II. by Dom Affonso III.--Conquest of
Algarve--Se, Silves--Dom Diniz and the castles at Beja and at
Leiria--Cloisters, Cellas, Coimbra, Alcobaca, Lisbon, and Oporto--St.
Isabel and Sta. Clara at Coimbra--Leca do Balio--The choir
of the cathedral, Lisbon, with tombs--Alcobaca, royal tombs--Dom
Pedro I. and Inez de Castro; her murder, his sorrow--Their tombs
64-78

CHAPTER IV

BATALHA AND THE DELIVERANCE OF PORTUGAL

Dom Fernando and Dona Leonor Telles--Her wickedness and unpopularity--Their
daughter, Dona Brites, wife of Don Juan of Castile, rejected--Dom
Joao I. elected king--Battle of Aljubarrota--Dom Joao's
vow--Marriage of Dom Joao and Philippa of Lancaster--Batalha
founded; its plan national, not foreign; some details seem English,
some French, some even German--Huguet the builder did not copy
York or Canterbury--Tracery very curious--Inside very plain--Capella
do Fundador, with the royal tombs--Capellas Imperfeitas 79-92

CHAPTER V

THE EARLIER FIFTEENTH CENTURY

Nossa Senhora da Oliveira Guimaraes rebuilt as a thankoffering--Silver
reredos captured at Aljubarrota--The cathedral, Guarda--Its likeness
to Batalha--Nave later--Nuno Alvarez Pereira, the Grand
Constable, and the Carmo, Lisbon--Joao Vicente and Villar de
Frades--Alvito, Matriz--Capture of Ceuta--Tombs in the Graca,
Santarem--Dom Pedro de Menezes and his 'Aleo'--Tomb of
Dom Duarte de Menezes in Sao Joao de Alporao--Tombs at
Abrantes cloister--Thomar 93-103

CHAPTER VI

LATER GOTHIC

Graca, Santarem--Parish churches, Thomar, Villa do Conde, Azurara
and Caminha, all similar in plan--Cathedrals: Funchal, Lamego,
and Vizeu--Porch and chancel of cathedral, Braga--Conceicao,
Braga 104-115

CHAPTER VII

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MOORS

Few buildings older than the re-conquest--But many built for Christians
by Moors--The Palace, Cintra--Originally country house of the
Walis--Rebuilt by Dom Joao I.--Plan and details Moorish--Entrance
court--Sala dos Cysnes, why so called, its windows;
Sala do Conselho; Sala das Pegas, its name, chimney-piece; S