1.0Praemium Erasmianum Foundationhttps://erasmusprijs.org/en/Lauren Maxwellhttps://erasmusprijs.org/en/author/lauren-maxwell/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kQVmtsOoyi"><a href="https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/the-austrian-people/">The Austrian people</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/the-austrian-people/embed/#?secret=kQVmtsOoyi" width="600" height="338" title="“The Austrian people” — Praemium Erasmianum Foundation" data-secret="kQVmtsOoyi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://erasmusprijs.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://erasmusprijs.org/wp-content/uploads/1958-Het-Oostenrijkse-Volk-Erasmusprijs.jpg354413It was in the auditorium of the University of Milan that the Erasmus Prize was first awarded, in 1958. The award was unusual in that it was given not to an individual or an institution, but to a group: the Austrian people. The reasons for the award are stated in the citation: ‘Amid political, economic […]