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Bird’s-eye view of the Siege of Pilsen

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Eigendlicher abriss der Stadt Pilsen in Böhmen wie dieselbige den 11/21 Novemb. Anno 1618 Belägert

[Anonymous]
Prague,
ca.1620.
Engraved map on two sheets joined.
510 by 530mm. (20 by 20.75 inches).
11366

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notes:

The Protestant (Hussite) nobility of Bohemia were challenged by the staunchly Catholic Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, Crown Prince of Bohemia, who wanted to restore religious uniformity throughout his lands. A meeting between representatives of the Hussites and the Emperor ended in the Defenestration of Prague, where Ferdinand's representatives were unceremoniously thrown out of a third floor window, and Bohemia rose in revolt. The Bohemian Revolt would became the Thirty...

bibliography:

bibliography:

Brown University, Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, previously the Leichtenstein-Hauslab Collection.