The Last Crusade in the West by Joseph F. O'Callaghan

Author:Joseph F. O'Callaghan [O'Callaghan, Joseph F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction & Literature, Crime, Mystery & Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 1230002988313
Publisher: Marguerite O'Callaghan
Published: 2017-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

Bernáldez related that as Abū ‘Abd Allāh approached Fernando, he wanted to dismount and kiss his hands, but the king would not allow it. Instead, the emir kissed his arm and handed him the keys to the city. The king gave them in turn to the queen, who then handed them to Tendilla. With a troop of soldiers, Tendilla entered the city. The cross, “which the king always had with him in this holy conquest,” the royal banner, and the banner of Santiago were raised on a tower of the Alhambra for all to see, while heralds performed the ritual customary on such occasions. While Bernáldez declared that they loudly proclaimed “Castile, Castile!” the Continuator of Pulgar had it as “Granada, Granada, for the monarchs Don Fernando and Doña Isabel!” Seeing the cross, Isabel’s chaplains intoned the Te Deum. “So great was the joy that everyone wept.” Bernardo del Roi, another eyewitness, affirmed that the herald shouted three times, “Santiago, Granada, and Castile!” Then he declared that the city and emirate had been subjected to the rule of Fernando and Isabel and the Catholic faith with the help of the Virgin Mary, Santiago, Innocent VIII, and the prelates, knights, nobles, towns, and people. Cannons and guns were fired and trumpets blared in jubilation. Following that ceremony, the king and queen returned to Santa Fe and Abū ‘Abd Allāh to Granada. All the weapons, except those that were hidden, were taken to the Alhambra. A madman went through the streets attempting to rouse the populace, but most people recognized that the inevitable had happened.56

Fernando and Isabel made their triumphal entry into Granada on 6 January 1492. Fernando de Talavera, whom they designated as archbishop, celebrated mass in the chief mosque, now consecrated as a Christian church. All then took part in a sumptuous meal arranged by the count of Tendilla as alcaide of Granada. The king and queen remained there until 10 June in order to secure the city and to suppress revolts among the forty thousand inhabitants. Bernáldez concluded his account of the conquest with this comment: “Thus, they brought to a glorious end this holy and praiseworthy conquest and saw with their eyes what many kings and princes had wished to see, a kingdom of so many cities and towns, of such a multitude of places, situated in such powerful and harsh terrain, conquered in ten years. What was this, if not that God wanted to deliver it and place it in their hands?”57

The romance “En la ciudad de Granada/Grandes alaridos dan”—“In the city of Granada great cries are heard”—described the great transition that took place:

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