Editing Charter of Kortenberg (section)

== Follow up ==
A historical line of continuity can be drawn from the Charter of [[Kortenberg]] via the [[Joyous Entry|Joyous Entries]] of new Dukes into Flemish and Brabantian towns, the migration of educated citizens in the 16th & 17th century from these towns to the [[Dutch Republic|Seven United Provinces]] as a result of the [[Eighty Years' War]] and the stay of some of the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)#Leiden|Mayflower Pilgrim Fathers]] in those Provinces, who had fled religious persecution in England for the tolerance of 17th-century [[Holland]] in the Netherlands. One group moved to the city of [[Leiden#16th to 18th centuries|Leiden]] and was living there for two decades, prior to their departure for America. Some worked or studied at [[Leiden University]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blockmans |first=Wim |title=Medezeggenschap - Politieke participatie in Europa vóór 1800 |publisher=´Prometheus |year=2020 |isbn=9789044635218}}</ref>

Coupled with the enduring influence of [[New Netherlander|New Netherlander society]] upon early American political life, the emphasis placed by American historians and the general public opinion upon the constitutive nature of ''Magna Carta'' for the [[United States Constitution#Influences|American constitution]] and the [[American Dream]] seems too narrow if no mention is made from the Charter of [[Kortenberg]] all following Brabantian constitutional charters and the [[Act of Abjuration]] (1581), dubbed the Dutch Declaration of Independence.<ref>{{Cite book |last=van der Sijs |first=Nicoline |url=http://archive.org/details/yankeescookiesen0000vand |title=Yankees, cookies en dollars : De invloed van het Nederlands op de Noord-Amerikaanse talen |date=2009 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-90-8964-130-4 |language=Dutch}}</ref>