volinaa t1_itu4bcw wrote on October 26, 2022 at 9:51 AM Reply to comment by ZhouDa in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_ there was not enough food with several foreign armies ravaging the country. so it was a matter of survival not of wanton violence. edit I mean there was certainly a surplus of brutality and violence, but cats, dogs, any animals were eaten, not killed for sport Permalink Parent 41
volinaa t1_itu4bcw wrote
Reply to comment by ZhouDa in TIL The European 30 Years' War 1618 - 1648 began with Czech nobles throwing two Habsburg governors out of Prague castle window onto a huge dungheap. The corresponding carnage - fought over the issue of religious freedom following the Protestant Reformation - left millions dead. by Royal_Bumblebee_
there was not enough food with several foreign armies ravaging the country. so it was a matter of survival not of wanton violence.
edit I mean there was certainly a surplus of brutality and violence, but cats, dogs, any animals were eaten, not killed for sport