IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 1137: Materialities of Lordship in the Later Middle Ages, II: Quantitative Approaches

Wednesday 3 July 2019, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	ERC Project 'Lordship & the Rise of States in Western Europe, 1300-1600', Universiteit Gent
Organiser:	Jim van der Meulen, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent
Moderator/Chair:	Erika Graham-Goering, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent
Paper 1137-a	A Feudal Take on Urban Society: Lay Lordship in the County of Flanders, c. 1470-1550 (Language: English) Frederik Buylaert, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Vrije Universiteit Brussels Miet Adriaens, Historisch Onderzoek naar Stedelijke Transformatieprocessen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1137-b	Elite Intermingling and State Formation in Late Medieval Antwerp and Ghent (Language: English) Jelten Baguet, Historisch Onderzoek naar Stedelijke Transformatieprocessen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent Janna Everaert, Historisch Onderzoek naar Stedelijke Transformatieprocessen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Centrum voor Stadsgeschiedenis, Universiteit Antwerpen Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 1137-c	Lay Lordship and the Lie of the Land: Sub-Regional Variation in the Dispersion of Lordships in Guelders, c. 1325-1570 (Language: English) Jim van der Meulen, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	This session explores the quantitative, material impact of lordship on the political landscape of the Low Countries and on the process of state formation between 1300 and 1600. The first contribution gives a cross-section of lordship in the county of Flanders between 1470 and 1550; the second offers a comparative study of various elite groups of Flanders and the duchy of Brabant and their interrelationships in the 15th and 16th centuries; the final paper focuses on sub-regional variation in the dispersion of lordships in the principality of Guelders between the 14th and 16th centuries.