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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, In Summer (or Lise the Bohemian), 1868, oil on canvas, Berlin, Germany: Alte Nationalgalerie. Bohemianism is a social and cultural movement that has, at its core, a way of life away from society's conventional norms and expectations. The term originates from the French bohème and spread to the English-speaking world. It ...
Elector Frederick V of the Electorate of the Palatinate, a Calvinist Protestant, was elected by the Bohemian nobility to replace Ferdinand on the Bohemian throne and was known as the Winter King. Frederick's wife, the popular Elizabeth Stuart and subsequently, Elizabeth of Bohemia, known as the Winter Queen or Queen of Hearts, was the daughter ...
The Bohemian style, often termed 'Boho chic', is a fashion and lifestyle choice characterized by its unconventional and free-spirited essence. While its precise origins are debated, Bohemian style is believed to have been influenced by the nomadic lifestyle of the Romani people during the late 19th century to the early 20th century.
Bohemian F.C., an Irish club founded in 1890; Bohemians 1905, a Czech club founded in 1905; Bohemian Sporting Club, a former club from the Philippines; FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov), a Czech club founded in 1996; UL Bohemians R.F.C., an Irish rugby union club; Vålerenga Fotball, a Norwegian club nicknamed The Bohemians.
See List of English words of Czech origin for Bohemisms in English. Many Bohemisms related to church and liturgy entered the Polish language in the Middle Ages during the Christianization of Poland, under the influence of Moravian and Bohemian traditions. [2] Many of them ultimately originated from Latin, the language of the Catholic liturgy.
The country bohemian style is a deliberate blending of two seemingly disparate styles, country and bohemian. It incorporates local, rural features into bohemian sensibilities, favoring sustainability and rustic features while also embracing modern contributions.
The polka's origin story first appears in the periodical Bohemia in 1844, [4] in which it was attributed to a young Bohemian woman named Anna Slezáková (born Anna Chadimová). As told by Čeněk Zíbrt , the music teacher Josef Neruda noticed her dancing in an unusual way to accompany a local folk song called " Strýček Nimra koupil šimla ...
Deliverance (1972) is set in a north Georgia county marked on the sheriff's car as Aintry. Diggstown (1992) takes place in the fictional Olivair County, Georgia. Gator (1976) takes place in the fictional Dunston County, Georgia. Ghost Fever (1987) takes place in the fictional Greendale County, Georgia.