IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 214: Elites and Nobility between Town and Countryside, II
Monday 9 July 2007, 14.15-15.45
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Organiser: | Mario Damen, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Universiteit Leiden |
| Moderator/Chair: | Peter Stabel, Centrum voor Stadsgeschiedenis, Universiteit Antwerpen |
| Paper 214-a | Ennoblement of the Urban Elites in Hainault, 1350-1550 (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Genealogy and Prosopography, Mentalities, Social History |
| Paper 214-b | The Urban Nobility in the Low Countries: A Two-Headed Hydra? (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Heraldry, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 214-c | Group Cultures and their Materialities in the Late Medieval Town: The Case of ’S-Hertogenbosch (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Archaeology - General, Social History |
| Abstract | In the late medieval Low Countries, as elsewhere in Western Europe, two coinciding tendencies resulted in the interpenetration of town and country elites. On the one hand, urban elites invested their money in the purchase of land and seigneurial rights, and adopted a knightly life-style, sometimes even taking up residence on their country estates. At the other hand, several noble or ministerial families abandoned their country houses and took refuge in town, where they more than once started a new career in urban politics. In this session we will explore these developments from three angles: the process of ennoblement, group cultures, and political activities. |