Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200–1650) (hdl:10622/36HPCB)

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Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200–1650)

hdl:10622/36HPCB

IISH Data Collection

2025-01-13

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Stapel, Rombert; van Steensel, Arie, 2025, "Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200–1650)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/36HPCB, IISH Data Collection, V4

Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200–1650)

hdl:10622/36HPCB

Stapel, Rombert (International Institute of Social History)

van Steensel, Arie (University of Groningen)

IISH Data Collection

Stapel, Rombert

Stapel, Rombert

https://hdl.handle.net/10622/36HPCB

Arts and Humanities

This dataset is intended as a register of all lordships in the counties of Holland and Zeeland between about 1200 and 1650. However, not every record in the dataset represents a lordship: to understand the dynamic role of lordships in both counties, we first created a base layer of all jurisdictions (including those not held in fief). Only by knowing which areas were not enfeoffed to a lord is it possible to fully assess the role of lordships in the landscape over time. <br><br>For each jurisdiction, we determined the status of its lesser jurisdiction in 1475: whether it was enfeoffed (Yes: Y; No: N; Uncertain: U), part of a non-enfeoffed urban jurisdiction (T), or an alternative (A) such as allodial status. For each jurisdiction we have also defined a chronological statement indicating the status of the higher jurisdiction throughout the period covered by our database (1200-1650). <br><br>Some elements require further refinement. The remarks section is currently only available in Dutch and needs significant editorial improvement. The source references are not standardised and the short references have not yet been defined. <br><br>The database is accompanied by a GIS directly linked to the record identifiers. This GIS is based on the 'Historical Atlas of the Low Countries, 1350-1800' (HALC), which is available here: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/10622/PGFYTM">https://hdl.handle.net/10622/PGFYTM</a>. For those who want to know more about how the HALC GIS dataset was created, we refer to the following publication: Stapel, R.J., 'Historical Atlas of the Low Countries. A GIS Dataset of Locality-Level Boundaries (1350-1800)', <em>Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences</em> 8 (2023) 1-33 <a href="https://www.doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10033">doi:10.1163/24523666-bja10033</a>.

1200-01-01-1650-12-31

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Stapel, R.J., and A. van Steensel, ‘Lordship in Medieval Holland and Zeeland’, in: E. Graham-Goering, J. van der Meulen and F. Buylaert eds., Lordship and the Decentralized State in Late Medieval Europe. Proceedings of the British Academy 268 (Oxford: The British Academy / OUP 2025) 124–142.

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HALC_to_LORDSHIP_ID.txt

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Linkage file between HALC (v15) and Register identifiers, in case users may want to link the register to the full HALC GIS dataset.

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Readme.txt

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Introduction, codebook, and explanation for how to use and analyse the database in combination with the GIS.

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Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200-1650).gpkg

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Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200-1650).qgz

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Register of Lordships in Holland and Zeeland (c. 1200-1650).txt

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