古德明英語軍事小故事:「拋人出窗口」事件 (中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事,古德明,香港英語教育作家,他開了一個《征服英語專欄》,在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事,用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰(zhàn)爭。「拋人出窗口」事件
in the 15th century, religious reformers in bohemia dissatisfied with the abuses of the roman catholic church were called the hussites. on 30 july 1419, jan zelivsky, a hussite priest, led his congregation through the streets of prague to the town hall, calling for the release of several hussites imprisoned by the magistrates. when a stone was thrown at zelivsky from the window of the town hall, the crowd became enraged and stormed the hall. once inside, they threw seven members of the town council out of the window to their death.
the king of bohemia was so stunned when the defenestration was reported to him that he had a heart attack and died. war broke out between the hussites and the papal and imperial forces soon afterwards.
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