A View of Spain, Vol. 5 of 5: Comprising a Descriptive Itinerary, of Each Province, and a General Statistical Account of the Country (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Alexandre De Laborde

 
9780265545669: A View of Spain, Vol. 5 of 5: Comprising a Descriptive Itinerary, of Each Province, and a General Statistical Account of the Country (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A View of Spain<br/><br/>Soon after, the queen of Alphonso VI. King of Castile and Leon, also a French lady, solicited and Obtained a similar complaisance from her hus band. The proposed change, however, excited so much dissatisfaction on the part of the it was at length submitted to the decision of a duel: two canons, in complete armour, appeared as the champions Of their respective rituals, and victory declared in favour of the Musarabic knight The catholic party appealed from this decision of Heaven to a second in consequence of which the two Liturgies were thrown into a blazing fire, the Romish book was destroyed, the Musarabic remained uninjured and rose above the ?ame. The queen being thus a second time dis appointed had recourse to more efficacious means, and in the year 1077 a decree was passed at Burgos establishing the ritual of the Romish church....

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