Humans have been throwing each other out of windows pretty much as long as humans have had windows more than one story or so off the ground, but only Prague is famous for them. Two of them actually led to wars, even. We are very happy to tell you about the famous defenestrations, wherin all sorts of officials got thrown out of windows, and Michelle is happy to tell you about the tourist trade. Oh, and also Susan Howe’s poem “Defenestration of Prague,” which is, of course, about Ireland. Because metaphors.
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I recently found your podcast and I am really enjoying it. Thanks for all the effort you put into making each episode. I have a suggestion for a forgery that is slightly outside your general period (maybe a special episode?? The Lead Books of Granada touch on the very complicated history of Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Spanish history. Elizabeth Drayson published a book on them not too long ago, and a quick Google search brought up lots of hits. Here is just one:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347390625_La_invencion_del_Sacromonte_How_and_Why_Scholars_Debated_about_the_Lead_Books_of_Granada_for_Two_Hundred_Years
Thank you! We will go check this out. We do love suggestions.