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TheRed_Knight t1_itu0m4w wrote

Reply to comment by cozy_fyre in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_

*2nd Defenestration, first ones happened in 1419, comes from the latin root de meaning out, and fenestra meaning window (also fenetre in French means window),

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AngryBlitzcrankMain t1_itudrf8 wrote

3rd defenestration. The 2nd one happened in 1483.

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wowsosquare t1_itv6c6y wrote

They had three?? Did other cities have numbered defenestrations?

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Germanicus7 t1_itx1mkx wrote

Netherlands was also big on defenestrations if I remember correctly. (Although nothing beats Putin’s Russia in defenestration enthusiasm)

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wowsosquare t1_itx6d23 wrote

Found this, thought you might find it interesting LoL

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/690123

>...Windows might, at first, seem to be an unlikely topic of historical study; a closer look, however, reveals that their material history and symbolism is closely tied to the history of shifting representations of political power and concepts of sovereignty. Defenestration and other window-related forms of punishment that emerged in this period represent a dark chapter in this history.8 They raise broader questions about the interrelation of the history of architecture and material culture, on the one hand, and political symbolism and culture, on the other, in early modern Europe.

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rockne t1_ity7eg0 wrote

I’m sure they stopped counting defenestrations in NYC long ago.

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