Medievalists.net » Leiden http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Elite and government in medieval Leiden http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/elite-and-government-in-medieval-leiden/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/10/elite-and-government-in-medieval-leiden/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:01:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39710 The development of Leiden's 61ite is traced up to 1420. The siege of the city in that year and the assumption of power by Jan van Beieren resulted in important changes in the urban government: the faction of the Hoeken finally lost ascendancy and the viscount of Leiden ceased to have control over the city's administration.

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