Dark History
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The Defenestration of Prague: The Dark Event that Sparked a War
Cold air bled into the council chamber, carrying the damp breath of the Vltava below. The stone walls of Prague Castle had heard centuries of confession and cruelty, but this morning they listened harder. Protestant nobles stormed Prague Castle, confronting two Catholic imperial governors, Vilém Slavata of Chlum and Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice. Dressed in black coats and
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Unburied Secrets: The Dark History of the Cadaver Synod
An Unholy Illusion A lowly cleric slips through the vastness of the basilica. He is scarcely more than a ripple in the immense darkness. One by one he brings life to extinguished torches, set ablaze again by flame, as he moves along the nave. Each catches slowly then blooms into fire, as if awakened from