Witchcraft - Bamberg Flashcards
what are the characteristics of Germany during 1500s/1600s
- Holy Roman Empire (2000+ states)
- Reformation
- Counter- ref
- 30 years war
- Economic depression
what is a bishopric
- ruled by a prince bishop
- Catholic state
why do PBs dictate laws of their own
Carolina Law = 1532 - Charles V
Typical German witch trends
- incited by incident / group
- ran by judicial systems
- came in waves of mania
Examples of witch trials in waves
Offenburg (1627) 12 killed - 5 years later = 7 more
Examples of German Witch Trials = Rottenburg
1585
- 2 villages = 1 woman left
- ended cause of scepticism and popular pressure
Examples of German Witch Trials = Osnabruck
1584
- 90,000 pop = 276 burned (Fulda) 1800 executed (Mainz)
When was the 30 years war
1618/1648
Key themes
- religion
- war
- leadership
- gender
- social / econ
religion - thematic summary
- A. fine prot. 1610
- Ref opposed by C
- D/F = fanatics 1623
- F lit (P=W)
Hexen - sec controlled by PB
- papal bull – 1484 – treatises e.g. Bodin’s 1580 treatise.
war
- ref (1548) v counter
- HRE – TYW(1618-48)
- depressed econ
- P=W
- more trials on borders of conflict/ Bishoprics
Leadership
- Carolina Charles V 1532
- sec = PB rule – Malefiz
- use of trials politics – Trier (1581)
- Diabolism fear
- D = secret informant network – private accusations
Gender
- 10% - than A (72% still)
- Pantzerin – Flock 1631 Ferd. – Anna Hansen (3weeks)
- 1585 Rottenburg 1 woman 2 villages
Social / econ
- hereditary guilt
- property confiscation – D = rich
- John Junius – executed 1628
- mini – ice age 1590s – 1680
- war exacerbated
who was George Haan and why was he executed
1628 - suspicions of trial - appeal to Bamberg authorities
- wife and daughter arrested of witchcraft - burned alive
- executed himself upon return - 1628 - political rival
