At the risk of being ignorant, I truly have never heard anyone talk about the historical ingenuity and wealth of the Czechs, is this just cope about being part of some larger and actually celebrated empire?
It was also a part of Austria until World War I. You can’t really write the history of smaller nations like this one without contextualizing them within their ruling empires, I think.
Prague was, for a very long time, spoken of in the same category as London and Paris. It used to be a very popular place for intellectuals and artists through the 19th century.
I had the same reaction. Sure, they were part of the Holy Roman Empire, but I never got the impression they were a particularly influential part of it.
At the risk of being ignorant, I truly have never heard anyone talk about the historical ingenuity and wealth of the Czechs, is this just cope about being part of some larger and actually celebrated empire?
Bohemia was pretty well populated and urban compared to the rest of the region, I think.
It was also a part of Austria until World War I. You can’t really write the history of smaller nations like this one without contextualizing them within their ruling empires, I think.
Fuck Bohemia, Moravia forever
rural hicks from mountains gang :jan-zizka-shining:
Prague was, for a very long time, spoken of in the same category as London and Paris. It used to be a very popular place for intellectuals and artists through the 19th century.
It’s still a popular place for AFI music videos
I had the same reaction. Sure, they were part of the Holy Roman Empire, but I never got the impression they were a particularly influential part of it.