This so-called "defenestration" of Ferdinand's representatives was followed by the proclamation of the dethronement of the Habsburgs in Bohemia and the election to the kingship of Frederick, the Calvinistic Elector Palatine.
"A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1."
Carlton J. H. Hayes
A heated scene in the Council Chamber of the Castle of Prague ended in what is described as the "Act of defenestration."
"From a Terrace in Prague"
Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker