1.0Praemium Erasmianum Foundationhttps://erasmusprijs.org/en/Lauren Maxwellhttps://erasmusprijs.org/en/author/lauren-maxwell/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5FFu8SwjZ6"><a href="https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/vaclav-havel/">Václav Havel</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/vaclav-havel/embed/#?secret=5FFu8SwjZ6" width="600" height="338" title="“Václav Havel” — Praemium Erasmianum Foundation" data-secret="5FFu8SwjZ6" 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/1986-Vaclav-Havel-Erasmusprijs.jpg354413In 1986 it was 450 years since Erasmus died in Basel. The commemoration was combined with the award of the Erasmus Prize to Václav Havel in the St. Laurenskerk in Rotterdam. The laureate was absent. Havel thought that the political circumstances in Czechoslovakia and his dissident status made it unwise for him to leave his […]