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The Defenestrations of Prague: A bizarre tradition of window-tossing

It's fascinating, not just because of the defenestrations themselves, but because the third one in 1618 is a key event that triggered the Thirty Years' War, one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. It started as a relatively small incident—a rebellion against the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II—but …
submitted 12 months ago by ThirtyYearsWarrior