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Map of the German-ruled Holy Roman Empire
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The Low Countries are part of the Holy Roman Empire, and officially remain so until 1648. Meantime, small independent principalities and a feudal system emerge. Three social classes or ëestatesí develop: the clergy, the nobility and the townspeople.