The Leiden elite, 16th - 19th century ; The Leiden patriciate from the 16th to the 19th century

The research focuses on the marriage patterns among elite groups in Leiden compared to those in The United Provinces and other European countries. The main subject of the investigation is to discover when the Western European marriage pattern became the most important one in the Leiden patriciate. The uniqueness of these patterns is determined by comparing them with the findings of groups representative of the common people in the Province of Holland.