How do you explain the successful spread of Calvinism in the Netherlands?

How do you explain the successful spread of Calvinism in the Netherlands? Was there a connection between the Calvinist faith and the national feelings of the Dutch?

The following reasons for the spread of Calvinism in Holland can be distinguished:

1) The Reformation in Germany and France exerted a great influence;

2) The capitalist entrepreneurs had a need for a new ideology, moreover, Calvinism justified entrepreneurial activity;

3) The spread of Calvinism in the Netherlands was facilitated by the policy of the Spanish Habsburgs.



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