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The execution of twenty-seven leaders of the Bohemian Revolt on Prague’s Old Town Square ranks among the most dramatic public executions in European history. In this episode of Blood in Bohemia, a special series of Czechast, Rob Cameron and Vít Pohanka retrace the events that followed the Battle of White Mountain and examine how one morning in June 1621 transformed the Czech lands for centuries.
On the morning of June 21, 1621, Prague’s Old Town Square became the stage for one of the most carefully orchestrated political spectacles in Habsburg history.
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Author: Vít Pohanka, Rob Cameron