Complex sentence: The pro-independence policy of the Hungarian Transylvanian nobility provoked an Ottoman invasion in 1566, and the principality was plundered, but its remote north location saved Maramureş.
Split into simpler sentences: The pro-independence policy of the Hungarian-Transylvanian nobility provoked an Ottoman invasion in 1566. The principality was plundered, but its remote location saved Maramureş.