The Dutch Miracle refers to the Netherlands's miraculous transition in the 1590s from a possession of the Holy Roman Empire to the foremost maritime and economic power in the world. The phenomenon is summarized by K. W. Swart in his article, The Miracle of the Dutch Republic as Seen in the Seventeenth Century, delivered at University College London 6 November 1967.
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