The Chronicle of King Pedro
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The Chronicle of King Pedro

0. Prologue
1. Concerning the reign of King Pedro, the eighth king of Portugal, and about the qualities that he possessed
2. How the King of Castile sent for the body of Queen Maria, his mother, and concerning the letter he sent to the King of Portugal, his uncle
3. Concerning the letters that the Pope and the King of Aragon sent to the King of Portugal upon the death of the king his father
4. How King Pedro dealt with judicial decisions in his house
5. Concerning some of the things King Pedro ordered for the good of justice and for the benefit of his people
6. How the king had two of his criados beheaded for robbing and killing a Jew
7. How the king had wanted to subject a bishop to torture for sleeping with a married woman
8. How the king had one of his squires castrated for sleeping with a married woman
9. How the king ordered the wife of Afonso André to be burnt, and concerning other acts of justice he ordered to be carried out
10. How the king had ordered the admiral to be put to death, and concerning the letter which the Doge and the Council of Commoners of Genoa wrote pleading for him
11. Concerning the coins that King Pedro had minted and the value of gold and silver at that time
12. How kings went about accumulating wealth and adding to it
13. How King Pedro of Castile began to amass a vast fortune
14. How King Pedro of Portugal made João Afonso Telo a count and dubbed him a knight, and the great feast that he gave for him
15. The pacts that the King of Castile and King Pedro of Portugal signed and how the King of Portugal promised to support him against Aragon
16. Concerning certain people the King of Castile had put to death, and how he married Doña Blanca and then abandoned her
17. How the quarrel first began between King Pedro of Castile and his brother, Count Enrique [de Trastámara], and why the count left the kingdom
18. How and why the war between Castile and Aragon began
19. How the King of Castile entered the kingdom of Aragon, and what he did that year
20. How King Pedro had his brother Don Fadrique, the Master of Santiago, put to death in the alcazar of Seville
21. How the king departed from Seville to seize his brother, Don Tello, intending to kill him, and how he killed his cousin, Prince Juan
22. How the year-long truce between the kings came to be broken, and how King Pedro assembled a fleet to wage war on Aragon
23. How the Cardinal of Boulogne came to make peace between the King of Castile and the King of Aragon but could not get them to agree
24. How the King of Castile asked for help in the form of galleys from the King of Portugal and then left with his fleet to make war on Aragon
25. How the Admiral of Portugal left with the ten galleys, how King Pedro disbanded his fleet, and other matters
26. How the Cardinal of Boulogne wanted to make peace between the kings but could not, and how King Pedro’s men fought the count and defeated him
27. How King Pedro of Portugal said that Dona Inês had been his acknowledged wife, and the manner in which the marriage took place
28. Concerning the testimony given by a number of people about the marriage of Dona Inês and concerning the speech delivered by Count João Afonso in that regard
29. Reasons against the foregoing advanced by a number of those who were there and who doubted this marriage very much
30. How the Kings of Portugal and Castile agreed to hand over to each other several people who thought they were living in safety in their kingdoms
31. How Diogo Lopes Pacheco avoided being captured, and how the others were handed over and forthwith cruelly put to death
32. Concerning a number of things which King Pedro of Castile ordered to be done, and how he made peace with the King of Aragon after invading his kingdom
33. Concerning a number of incursions which the King of Castile made that year into the emirate of Granada and how, after the Red Emir had sought his protection, believing himself to be safe, the king had him killed
34. Concerning the agreements which the King of Castile reached with the King of Aragon when he invaded his kingdom, and how he later came to disregard them
35. How King Pedro again invaded Aragon, this time with a fleet of ships and galleys, and what he did there
36. How Count Enrique invaded Castile with numerous companies and was proclaimed king, and how King Pedro ordered the abandonment of all the Aragonese townships which he had captured
37. How the King of Castile sent a daughter of his to Portugal, and how he left Seville out of fear of the people of the city
38. How the King of Castile informed his uncle that he had entered his kingdom, and how the latter excused himself from seeing him and giving him aid
39. How the King of Castile departed from Coruche and left Portugal, and concerning those who were sent to accompany him
40. How King Pedro arrived in Galicia, killed the Archbishop of Santiago and departed for England
41. How King Enrique arrived in Seville, and concerning the alliance he made with the King of Portugal
42. How the King of Portugal sent his ambassadors to the house of the Prince of Wales to defend himself against the charges King Pedro was making against him
43. How Dom João, the son of King Pedro of Portugal, was made the Master of Avis
44. How Dona Inês was transferred to the Monastery of Alcobaça, and concerning the death of King Pedro