The Nobility of Holland
The Nobility of Holland

Author: Henk F. K. van Nierop

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-03-25

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780521392600

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This is the first full-scale analysis of the social and political transformation of the nobility of Holland during the revolt against Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the age of Rembrandt, nobles seemed to have been obliterated by the rising bourgeois merchants. However, in this study of the impact of the Dutch revolt, the author finds that Dutch nobles were extremely successful in maintaining their positions within the supposedly bourgeois Republic, forming the elite in administrative, political and economic systems. This is a revised edition of van Nierop's widely acclaimed Dutch publication.

The Dutch Gentry, 1500-1650
The Dutch Gentry, 1500-1650

Author: Sherrin Marshall

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1987-04-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This detailed study of Dutch gentry families affords many valuable historical insights and challenges current assumptions about the nature of family life during the early modern period. Marshall offers an in-depth portrait of the Dutch gentry, their family organization and relationships, and the role of lineage, religion, law, and custom, economics, and politics in their daily lives.