Well-Being in Amsterdam's Golden Age

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
-I......Page 13
-II......Page 18
-III......Page 19
-IV......Page 24
IN THEIR PROPER PLACE:THE CIVIC HIERARCHY......Page 26
Regents: The Ruling Elite......Page 29
Common Citizens......Page 30
Non-Citizen Residents and Temporary Inhabitants......Page 34
Strangersin the City......Page 37
GRADIENTS OF WEALTHAND INCOME: THEECONOMIC HIERARCHY......Page 42
-I......Page 44
The Wealthy Elite......Page 45
The Middling Group......Page 48
The Lower Orders and the Poor......Page 52
Respondingto Economic Stress......Page 55
-III......Page 59
AT HOME IN AMSTERDAM:THE PHYSICALENVIRONMENTAND EARLY DEATH......Page 60
-I......Page 63
-II......Page 66
The Residential Environment......Page 67
Housing Conditions......Page 70
-III......Page 76
INTIMATE INFERIORS:SERVANTS INAMSTERDAM......Page 78
-I......Page 81
Servantsat Work......Page 82
Vulnerabilityand Confl icts......Page 84
Conflicts about Earnings and Work......Page 85
Conflicts about Dress......Page 86
Conflicts about Sex and Intimacy......Page 89
ChangingEmployers......Page 92
Preparingfor the Future......Page 93
A SINGULARUNMARRIEDWOMEN......Page 96
TheYears before Marriage......Page 99
Earning a Living: Single Men and Single Women......Page 102
The Significance of Marital Status......Page 105
Courtshipand Marriage......Page 107
Never-Married Men and Women......Page 110
-V......Page 111
THE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD:HUSBAND, WIFE, ANDCHILDREN......Page 114
FamilyOrientation......Page 116
StartingMarried Life: Husband and Wife......Page 117
HavingChildren......Page 121
Controlling Fertility......Page 125
Vulnerabilitiesand Early Deaths......Page 126
-V......Page 130
PARENTS AND CHILDREN,BROTHERS AND SISTERS......Page 132
Mother-Child Relations......Page 134
Father-Child Relations......Page 137
GrowingUp......Page 139
Siblings......Page 141
Birth Intervals: A Matter of Life and Death......Page 142
Grieving for Lost Children......Page 143
Continuing Sibling Relationships......Page 145
Sibling Inequalities and Discontents......Page 147
-V......Page 149
LOSING A SPOUSE AND APARENT......Page 150
The Emotional Loss......Page 152
Widowhoodand the Gender Hierarchy......Page 154
TheWidows of Regents and Other Wealthy Men......Page 157
The Widows of Functionaries and Professionals......Page 158
The Widows of Master Craftsmen......Page 160
The Widows of Non-Citizen Residents and Temporary Inhabitants......Page 161
Remarriage......Page 164
-V......Page 166
LOSING BOTH PARENTS:AMSTERDAM ORPHANS......Page 168
BeingOrphaned......Page 170
Economicand Social Support......Page 171
The Children of the Wealthy Elite......Page 172
The Children of Other Amsterdam Citizens......Page 173
Children of Non-Citizen Residents and Temporary Inhabitants......Page 178
TheOrphanage Experience......Page 182
A SUMMING UP......Page 186
introduction......Page 192
chapter 1......Page 197
chapter 2......Page 202
chapter 3......Page 205
chapter 4......Page 210
chapter 5......Page 214
chapter 6......Page 218
chapter 7......Page 223
chapter 8......Page 227
chapter 9......Page 230
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 234
THE AUTHOR......Page 256
INDEX......Page 258