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In England, bohemian in this sense initially was popularised in William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair. Public perceptions of the alternative lifestyles supposedly led by artists were further molded by George du Maurier's romanticized best-selling novel of Bohemian culture Trilby (1894).
Articles relating to Bohemianism and its depictions. Bohemianism defined as the practice of an unconventional lifestyle, often in the company of like-minded people and with few permanent ties.
Bohemian Massif, a mountainous region of central Czech Republic, eastern Germany, southern Poland and northern Austria; Bohemian, a brand of beer brewed by Molson Coors; The Bohemian (Renoir painting), a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir completed in 1868
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.
Žitava was a Bohemian royal city, granted city rights by King Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1255. [42] In 1346, it co-formed the Lusatian League along with five most dominant Upper Lusatian cities, which were also under Bohemian rule, and had closer economic interests with those cities since.
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 grisette as part of the bohemian sub-culture was a frequent character in French fiction of the time. She is personified as Rigolette in Eugene Sue 's The Mysteries of Paris , as Fantine in Victor Hugo 's Les Misérables , and Marthe in George Sand 's Horace , as well as in the protagonist in Alfred de Musset 's Mademoiselle Mimi Pinson ...
In the Bohemian Kingdom, a national committee was formed that included Germans and Czechs. But Bohemian Germans favored creating a Greater Germany out of various German-speaking territories. The Bohemian Germans soon withdrew from the committee, signaling the Czech-German conflict that would characterize subsequent history.