I thank you all for you comments on the first part of this series, and other pieces of mine; some of the comments long and detailed, and raising interesting points. ( And no, Bel1965, I’m not a retired history professor, just an amateur historian with a deep love of my chosen subject and an eternally questing mind. ) I trust that you’ll forgive my not replying to your, but I really do have much to do, and I can only usually log on to Blogit quite late in the evening. But I’m sure you all know... Sign in to see full entry.