The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms_ The Struggle for Dominion, 1200-1500

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 8 The End of the House of Barcelona 172

Peter the Ceremonious, 1336-87 172

Martin the Elder 182

The Compromise of Caspe 186

Conclusion 190

PART THREE FIITEENTH-

CENTURY VICTORIES

CHAPTER 9 Alfonso the Magnanimous and
the Fall of the House of Anjou 195
Joanna II, 'The Straw Queen
,
195
Rene of Anjou 197
The conquest of Naples 204
The Catalan crisis 215
Conclusion 220

CHAPTER 10 Aragon in Italy and Spain, 1458-94 223

Ferrante of Naples 223

Recovery in Aragon 235

Conclusion 243

CHAPTER 11 The French Invasion of Italy,
1494-95^246
Tensions in Italy 246
The fall of Naples to the French 253
Conclusion 257

General Conclusion 259

Further Reading 263

Maps 281

Genealogical Tables 287

Index 293

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