Defenestration
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Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the
Matthäus Merian's impression of the 1618 Defenestration of Prague
The defenestration of the Biblical Queen Jezebel at Jezreel, by Gustave Doré
Giorgio Vasari's impression of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
A stuntman diving out a window
Jezebel
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Jezebel was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Tyre and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel, according to the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible.
Defenestration
…defenestratio; with dē meaning "out" + fenestra meaning "window" + -atio as a suffix indicating an action or process. Around the 9th century BC, Queen Jezebel was defenestrated by her own eunuch servants, at the urging of Jehu, according to the Hebrew Bible. (2 Kings 9:33) Several chronicles (notably the…
Byam Shaw, 1896
Jezabel and Ahab (c. 1863) by Frederic Leighton
Jezebel and Ahab Meeting Elijah, print by Francis Dicksee