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What would Czech have if not for Austria? Would it be Protestant or Orthdox?
by thriftwy 3y ago
What would Czech have if not for Austria? Would it be Protestant or Orthdox?
- krab 3y agoWithout Austria it would be about half Catholic, half Protestant with a significant Jewish minority.
- inglor_cz 3y agoPrior to re-Catholicization of the 17th century, there was a strong presence of homebrewn Hussite/Brethren Protestantism (mostly Czech-speaking people) and somewhat smaller presence of classical Lutheranism/Calvinism (mostly German-speaking people). There wasn't any clear geographic boundary between those two, the communities were mixed, though there were regional "strongholds" - e.g. Silesia was strongly German-Protestant while southern Moravia was strongly Czech-Catholic. Orthodox communities, with the exception of ambassadors or foreign businesspeople, weren't a thing in Early Modern Kingdom of Bohemia.