Chapter 4

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 João I. elected king--Battle of Aljubarrota--Dom João's vow--Marriage of Dom João 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