Dutch Reformed Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire, C.1550-1620: A Reformation of Refugees - Paperbackby Mirjam Van Veen (Author), Jesse Spohnholz (Author) Examines the diverse experiences of Reformed Protestant religious refugees fleeing war and persecution in the Netherlands for cities and towns in the Holy Roman Empire in the late sixteenth century. Starting in the mid sixteenth century, widespread persecution and war forced tens of thousands of Reformed Protestants in the Netherlands to flee their homes for new communities in England and the Holy