Did the Bohemian Revolution actually happen?
Yes, it was a cultural revolution beginning in France in the 1800’s. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemianism “Though a Bohemian is a native of the Czech province of Bohemia, a secondary meaning for bohemian emerged in 19th century France. The term was used to describe artists, writers, and disenchanted people of all sorts who wished to live non-traditional lifestyles. The term ‘bohemian’ has come to be very commonly accepted in our day as the description of a certain kind of literary gypsy, no matter in what language he speaks, or what city he inhabits …. A bohemian is simply an artist or littérateur who, consciously or unconsciously, secedes from conventionality in life and in art.” (Westminster Review, 1862, noted at Online Etymology Dictionary.) The term reflects the French perception, held since the 15th century, that the gypsies had come from Bohemia. Literary bohemians were associated in the French imag
