[13] See page 407 and note 1.
[14] See page 319.
[15] See page 246.
[16] See the map, page 321.
[17] In 1603 A.D. James VI of Scotland ascended the throne of England as James I. In 1707 A.D. the two countries adopted a plan of union which gave them a common Parliament and one flag.
[18] See page 397.
[19] See page 403.
[20] From 987 A.D. to 1328 A.D. France had only fourteen kings. The average length of their reigns was, therefore, something more than twenty- four years.
[21] See pages 461, 475.
[22] Hence the name "Salic law" applied to the rule excluding women from succession to the French throne.