The Nobility of Holland
Download or Read eBook The Nobility of Holland PDF written by Henk F. K. van Nierop and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Henk F. K. van Nierop |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 1993-03-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521392608 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521392600 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Nobility of Holland by : Henk F. K. van Nierop
Book excerpt: 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.
