Notes
2. Footnotes (some of which are lengthy or in diagrammatic form) have been numbered and placed at the end of the chapter in which they appear.
3. Illustrations, in the form of maps and genealogical tables, are shown in appropriate paragraph breaks. A list of illustrations, not part of the original work, has been included following the Table of Contents.
4. To facilitate readability on electronic devices, the complex diagram preceding p. 1 has been split into four parts.
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