SHERRIN D. MARSHALL, currently Director of Academic Advising at Salem State College, has lectured extensively on early modern and modern European history.

• Figures Tables Acknowledgments Introduction The Core Family Unit and the Lineage: Identity, Relations, and Realities "Dutiful Love and Natural Affection": Parent-Child Relationships in the Early Modern Netherlands Marriage and Marital Strategies in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Gentry Families Survivors and Status: Widows and Widowers in Gentry Families "One, no Other": The Place of Religion in the Mentality of Early Modern Dutch Gentry Families Land, Luck, and Lifestyle: Gentry Families and Fiscal Realities Change and Continuity During a Time of Crisis: The Gentry Families and the Revolt of the Netherlands Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

SHERRIN D. MARSHALL, currently Director of Academic Advising at Salem State College, has lectured extensively on early modern and modern European history.

• Figures Tables Acknowledgments Introduction The Core Family Unit and the Lineage: Identity, Relations, and Realities "Dutiful Love and Natural Affection": Parent-Child Relationships in the Early Modern Netherlands Marriage and Marital Strategies in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Gentry Families Survivors and Status: Widows and Widowers in Gentry Families "One, no Other": The Place of Religion in the Mentality of Early Modern Dutch Gentry Families Land, Luck, and Lifestyle: Gentry Families and Fiscal Realities Change and Continuity During a Time of Crisis: The Gentry Families and the Revolt of the Netherlands Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

SHERRIN D. MARSHALL, currently Director of Academic Advising at Salem State College, has lectured extensively on early modern and modern European history.

• Figures Tables Acknowledgments Introduction The Core Family Unit and the Lineage: Identity, Relations, and Realities "Dutiful Love and Natural Affection": Parent-Child Relationships in the Early Modern Netherlands Marriage and Marital Strategies in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Gentry Families Survivors and Status: Widows and Widowers in Gentry Families "One, no Other": The Place of Religion in the Mentality of Early Modern Dutch Gentry Families Land, Luck, and Lifestyle: Gentry Families and Fiscal Realities Change and Continuity During a Time of Crisis: The Gentry Families and the Revolt of the Netherlands Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index