Élite and government in medieval Leiden

Bibliographic Data

ID11891999
AuthorsFred J W van Kan (Research Institute for Knowledge Systems, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume21
Issue1
Pages51-75
Publication date1995-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/0304-4181(94)00753-o
OpenAlexW2024659963
LanguageNL
References cited14

This paper is a study of the urban élite of medieval Leiden from its first appearance at the end of the thirteenth century up to 1420, and is based on extensive prosopographical research. The urban élite of Leiden was not merely a political élite, it comprised also the economic, the ecclesiastic and part of the count's administrative élite. To the Leiden élite belonged more than 200 families; these families cannot be called clans, because they did not have the size and influence to justify this. Leiden developed on grounds belonging to the count of Holland. Nevertheless, the oldest élite did not originate in ministeriales of the count; nor did it have its origins in the nobility, although the Leiden élite included an important noble element. The oldest élite consisted first and foremost of families that obtained their wealth in trade and industry; landed property and a career in the service of the count came in second place

Ancient history · Clan · Economic history · Genealogy · Government (linguistics · Medieval history · Nobility · Political science · Politics · Prosopography · Financial Crisis of the 21st Century · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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