Defenestration at Prague - Commence of 30 Years War by Czech painter Vacslav Brozik (died 1901). Defenestration of Prague (May 23, 1618) was an incident of Bohemian resistance to Habsburg authority that preceded the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War. In 1617, Roman Catholic officials in Bohemia closed Protestant chapels that were being constructed by citizens of the towns of Broumov and Hrob, thus violating the guarantees of religious liberty laid down in the Letter of Majesty of Emperor Rudolf II in 1609. In response, the defensors, appointed under the Letter of Majesty to safeguard Protesta
Defenestration at Prague - Commence of 30 Years War by Czech painter Vacslav Brozik (died 1901). Defenestration of Prague (May 23, 1618) was an incident of Bohemian resistance to Habsburg authority that preceded the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War. In 1617, Roman Catholic officials in Bohemia closed Protestant chapels that were being constructed by citizens of the towns of Broumov and Hrob, thus violating the guarantees of religious liberty laid down in the Letter of Majesty of Emperor Rudolf II in 1609. In response, the defensors, appointed under the Letter of Majesty to safeguard Protestant rights, called an assembly of Protestants at Prague, where the imperial regents, William Slavata and Jaroslav Martinic, were tried and found guilty of violating the Letter of Majesty and, with their secretary, Fabricius, were thrown from the windows of the council room of Prague Castle. No one was seriously injured.
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