Marxist perspective on Swedish & Dutch National Liberation in the 1500's

***EXCLUSIVE TO RUMBLE*** The two most progressive revolutionary National Liberation movements of the transition from Feudalism to primitive Capitalism (Mercantilism) in the Western 16th Century:

"The Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523; Swedish: Befrielsekriget, lit. 'The Liberation War'), also known as Gustav Vasa's Rebellion and the Swedish War of Secession, was a significant historical event in Sweden. Gustav Vasa, a nobleman, led a peasant rebellion and civil war against King Christian II of the Kalmar Union. The war resulted in the fall of King Christian II... effectively ending the Catholic Kalmar Union that had forcibly united Sweden, Norway, and Denmark..." (wiki)

"The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse Opstand) (c. 1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between Orange rebels and the Spanish Empire. The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralization, excessive taxation, and the rights and privileges of the Dutch nobility and cities. After the initial stages, Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Netherlands, deployed his armies and regained control over most of the rebel-held territories. However, widespread mutinies in the Spanish army caused a general uprising." (wiki)

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