Complex sentence: In such a dire situation new perspectives on past actions are laid bare and the question of personal treason becomes muddled, like in the Act of Abjuration or "Plakkaat van Verlatinghe", signed on July 26,1581 in the Netherlands.
Split into simpler sentences: In such a dire situation new perspectives on past actions are laid bare and the question of personal treason becomes muddled. One example would be the situation that led to the Act of Abjuration or "Plakkaat van Verlatinghe", signed on July 26,1581 in the Netherlands.