Dutch Gentry, 1500-1650

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