IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 114: Elites and Nobility between Town and Countryside, I: The Nobility in the Urban Society of the Low Countries
Monday 9 July 2007, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | 'Burgundian Nobility, Noble Families, and Princely Politics, c. 1430-c. 1530', Universiteit Leiden / 'Town and Countryside: The Dynamic Symbiosis - The Northern Duchy of Brabant', Tilburg University, University of Amsterdam & University of Antwerp |
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| Organiser: | Mario Damen, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Universiteit Leiden |
| Moderator/Chair: | Arnoud-Jan A. Bijsterveld, Department of Sociology, Universiteit van Tilburg |
| Paper 114-a | Brussels and the Nobility of Brabant in the First Half of the 16th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Genealogy and Prosopography, Heraldry, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 114-b | Commercial Elites and the Nobility in the County of Flanders, 1350-1565 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Demography, Economics - Urban, Genealogy and Prosopography |
| Paper 114-c | Family Relationships and Sectional Interests among Nobles, Urban Elites, and State Officials (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Urban, Genealogy and Prosopography, Mentalities |
| Abstract | This session explores the strategies the late-medieval nobility used to enhance their position within the towns of the Low Countries and what changes took place with regard to the position of the nobility – high, average, and low – in the Burgundian-Habsburg Netherlands, in the process of state formation. |