Step 1 : Introduction to the question "7. In the Second Defenestration of Prague the defenestration was carried out by members of Bohemian aristocracy. Why did they do it?"
...1. They were playing "truth or dare" 2. They were rebelling 3. They were taking drugs 4. They wanted to impress some milk-maids with their vocabulary The Bohemian aristocracy was effectively in revolt following the election of Ferdinand, Duke of Styria and a Catholic zealot, to rule the Holy Roman Empire, which included Bohemia. They wanted to elect their own king.
