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The Netherlands has traditionally cultivated the most deeply rooted spirit of civic humanism of all the European countries. Feudalism did not take hold in this country, which instead was early in developing a federation of city-states, and independent merchants and farmers took active part in achieving prosperity even before its war of independence.
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Nagata, Y. (2007). Case Study: The Netherlands Alternative Education Shaken by Changes in its Basic Foundation. In: Alternative Education. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4986-6_5
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