期刊名称：Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
印刷版ISSN：1572-1701
出版年度：2017
卷号：13
期号：3
页码：77-108
DOI：10.18352/tseg.868
出版社：Uitgeverij Aksant
摘要：Previous generations of researchers have suggested that seigniorial towns in the Burgundian-Habsburg Netherlands were exempted from investing in gifts to nobles and princely officers who could influence the regional and central decision process to the benefit of the town. Clearly, seignioral lords felt a natural duty to protect the needs of their towns. However, this assumption has not been tested yet. In this article we assess the network of powerbrokers that the town of Diest constructed and the position its highborn lords had in that network during the first half of the sixteenth century. We argue that conflicting interests and rivaling clients forced the town of Diest to invest in a privileged relationship with its lord. In addition, the town magistrates maintained relations with alternative power brokers.
