{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Thirty Years' War - Part 2: A conflict erupts in Prague","description":"On May twenty-third, sixteen eighteen, the fuse was lit. Inside the old castle of Prague, tension thickened the air as a delegation of Bohemian Protestant nobles burst through the heavy doors. Two imperial governors awaited inside, their faces pale under flickering candlelight.\r\n\r\nThe nobles advanced, boots echoing on cold stone, rage and desperation plain in every step. In a moment that would echo through history, they seized the governors and hurled them from a high window overlooking the castle’s moat. The Defenestration of Prague was no mere protest; it was a declaration of war against the Habsburgs. The imperial envoys, battered but alive, landed below, but the spell of imperial authority was shattered for all to see.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/thirty-years-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}