Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant form was found in this book;
otherwise they were not changed.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
Mid-paragraph illustrations have been moved between paragraphs and some illustrations have been
moved closer to the text that references them. The List of Illustrations and Genealogical Tables
paginations were changed accordingly.
Duplicated section headings have been omitted.
Footnotes were moved to the end of chapters and numbered in one continuous sequence.
The Descendants of Edward III genealogical chart on p. 202 and the Stuarts chart on p. 481 were
split in two for easier reading.