Nobility of Holland - From Knights to Regents, 1500-1650

Klappentext This book is the first full-scale analysis of the social and political transformation of the nobility of Holland during the revolt against Spain. Zusammenfassung This book is the first full-scale analysis of the social and political transformation of the nobility of Holland during the revolt against Spain. In the late medieval county of Holland the nobility played a significant role! but in the seventeenth century it appears to have been obliterated by bourgeois merchants and urban regents. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Virtue and descent; 3. The weight of numbers: demographic trends and forces; 4. Endogamy and misalliances; 5. Incomes and expenditures; 6. Manors and honours; 7. Beggars and loyalists; 8. Integration and apartheid; 9. Conclusion: knights and regents; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: H. F. K. Nierop, H. F. K. (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Nierop, H. F. K. Van Nierop, H.f.k.van Nierop
• Assisted by: Maarten Ultee (Translation), Ultee Maarten (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521103329
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10332-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Netherlands, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800