My guess would be that 'Bohemian' sounds too much connected to Bohemia (as in Čechy) for people in Moravia and Silesia. This is why they would prefer 'Czech lands' (in English) which they feel is more neutral.
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I don't really think modern historians employing the term Czech lands for earlier than the 20th century are out to make nationalistic claims. I guess they would see Bohemian lands and Czech lands as more or less synonyms (because there is only one word in Czech).
That's the element that's nationalist..."Only one word in Czech." It assumes some sort of ur-Czech claim to the Bohemian Lands. Feel free to do it. I wouldn't; most historians I know don't do it. (I am a modern historian btw.)
I was trying to explain the situation as I see it, I don't think I deserved to be called a Czech nationalist - it would be strange in any case, because I'm not Czech.
I didn't call you a Czech nationalist, but you know that. Your family is Hungarian in origin, duh. A survey of modern historians in the former language island of Brno would be interesting.
Is there a branch of the Czech Academy of Science in Brno? I was in Prague last month & some of the ppl who got medals were from the Biology Institute unless I'm wrong...
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