Maurits EbbenMaurits Ebben (1955) studied history at Leiden University and at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. In his doctoral dissertation he explored the financing of the Spanish effort by Portugese bankers during the Eighty Years' War Sinc 1992 he has been a lecturer at the Institute for History of Leiden University, where he teaches Dutch early modern history. Read More Read Less