  TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes themselves have been placed at the end of the book. This volume covers the period up to 1713 when the Julian calendar was still in use in England. The change to the Gregorian calendar took place in Europe beginning in 1582, though much later in Protestant regions, and not in Britain until 1752. This produced a difference of eleven days in contemporary documents and books using the Julian Old Style (OS) and those using the modern Gregorian New Style (NS) dates. The author follows the convention of using the dates as recorded at the time of the event, so that events in England, Scotland and Ireland are noted in the text and Sidenotes in Julian OS, and events in (Catholic) Europe after 1582 are noted in NS. When a specific day is noted for an event in Europe the corresponding Sidenote will with few exceptions give both dates in the format OS/NS. Some minor changes are noted at the end of the book. A |
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