Bamberg

Question 1

who was the 1st prince bishop

Answer 1

von Aschhausen 1609

Question 2

what did aschhausen do

Answer 2

set about converting protestants to catholicism
invited jesuits to settle in Bamberg
1610 a new witchcraft ordinance where any witch would be punished

Question 3

how many trials happened after aschhausen

Answer 3

just under 200 trials between 1612-19 this was brought to an end by the war

Question 4

socio economic causes of the hunts

Answer 4

wine crop destroyed in 1626
1629 kempfin frost witch
petitions from may e.g. Labourer Kuntz

Question 5

examples of the socio economic causes

Answer 5

Mayor of Bamberg explained the causes of the hunts as inflation
exacerbated by the harvest failure and cost of war
Margaretha Eissmennin admitted she was forced to turn to the devil because her money wasn’t valuable

Question 6

who allowed witch hunts to become wide spread and how

Answer 6

1623 Dornheim

1628 officials started to investigate those who had failed to receive catholic Communism

Question 7

what was the edict of restitution

Answer 7

1629 Ferdinand called for all protestants to convert to protestantism - religious enthusiasm

Question 8

who supported dornheim

Answer 8

his vicar general Frederick former

Question 9

what did they demand from witches

Answer 9

Vasolt demanded the names of 100 accomplices

Question 10

who was forner and what did he do

Answer 10

provided the intellectual framework to the hunt
leader of counter reformation
1623 blamed protestants for the outbreak of the war
1625- 25 sermons on wc and magic
1626 a book of witchcraft with a sermon for every year

Question 11

when there were harvest failures how much did the number of trials increase by

Answer 11

12 to 65

Question 12

how many victims were there

Answer 12

between 600-900

Question 13

what percent were women

Answer 13

70%

Question 14

what was the average ago of witches

Answer 14

33

Question 15

example of a witch who got away

Answer 15

Barbara Schwarz escaped and petitioned to the HRE she reported she was kept in prison for 3 years
fed only bread and water
she was tortured with leg screws etc

Question 16

evidence of a lack of centralised control

Answer 16

1630 von Dornheim refused to send trial documents to the emperor but promised falsely that the trials had stopped but the witches were running wild in the streets

Question 17

evidence of a potential profit motive in bamberg

Answer 17

dr georg hann - he had gone to petition the arrest of Maria and Ursula daughter and wife when he returned they were executed and then him and his son were
17 affluent families
10 members of the town council
half of zeal victims were local officials

Question 18

who was John Junius

Answer 18

arrested in 1628 shortly after his wife was executed
he was implicated by Georg Hann
they applied thumbscrews etc
7 days later he confessed to having made a pact with the devil

Question 19

evidence of profit from the elite

Answer 19

500,000 florins was confiscated in total

100,000 came from one of bombers richest citizens who was held in prison for 3 years

Question 20

what was the Drudenhaus

Answer 20

built 1627
contained 30-40 suspects
walls covered in biblical texts
Frau Anna Hansen 1629 impressed on 17th June followed by torture confessed on 20th June 7th July burned

Question 21

Ferdinand II involvement

Answer 21

got involved in the bamberg hunts in 1630 when a councillor flock was accused he fled but his wife was arrested he appealed to Ferdinand for help
dornheim wrote a letter saying they were fine

Question 22

what did the emperor do following flocks reappear

Answer 22

issued dornehim of a punishment for non-compliance

Question 23

what was dornheims response to the emperor

Answer 23

rushed the trials through in secret and executed flocks wife before the imperial papers could arrive 1630
dornheim had breached the Carolina code by refusing legal council

Question 24

what was Ferdinando final actions

Answer 24

1631 appointed a new director of witchcraft commission and instructed that all future trials could be done in accordance with the Carolina code
dornheim didnt realise this already in prison

Question 25

how did hunts in bamberg end

Answer 25

arrival of adolphus and the Swedish army in 1632 led dornheim to flee bamberg
fled with 12 chests of gold to Austria