Western Civilization I / Unit 17 WC1 1612 short lesson, about 20 seconds
1618: Bohemia and the Defenestration of Prague
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The idea
The imperial truce held until Ferdinand, king of Bohemia and emperor from sixteen nineteen, demanded Bohemia renounce Protestantism. The Diet threw two officials from a window in sixteen eighteen, the Defenestration of Prague, and elected the Calvinist Frederick of the Palatinate.
In practice
The Catholic League against the Protestant Union, the witness's name.
Where people slip
The anchor calls Ferdinand emperor in sixteen eighteen; nineteen.
Your place on the trail
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