Bamberg Flashcards
who was the 1st prince bishop
von Aschhausen 1609
what did aschhausen do
set about converting protestants to catholicism
invited jesuits to settle in Bamberg
1610 a new witchcraft ordinance where any witch would be punished
how many trials happened after aschhausen
just under 200 trials between 1612-19 this was brought to an end by the war
socio economic causes of the hunts
wine crop destroyed in 1626
1629 kempfin frost witch
petitions from may e.g. Labourer Kuntz
examples of the socio economic causes
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
who allowed witch hunts to become wide spread and how
1623 Dornheim
1628 officials started to investigate those who had failed to receive catholic Communism
what was the edict of restitution
1629 Ferdinand called for all protestants to convert to protestantism - religious enthusiasm
who supported dornheim
his vicar general Frederick former
what did they demand from witches
Vasolt demanded the names of 100 accomplices
who was forner and what did he do
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
when there were harvest failures how much did the number of trials increase by
12 to 65
how many victims were there
between 600-900
what percent were women
70%
what was the average ago of witches
33
example of a witch who got away
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
evidence of a lack of centralised control
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
evidence of a potential profit motive in bamberg
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
who was John Junius
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
evidence of profit from the elite
500,000 florins was confiscated in total
100,000 came from one of bombers richest citizens who was held in prison for 3 years
what was the Drudenhaus
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
Ferdinand II involvement
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
what did the emperor do following flocks reappear
issued dornehim of a punishment for non-compliance
what was dornheims response to the emperor
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
what was Ferdinando final actions
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
how did hunts in bamberg end
arrival of adolphus and the Swedish army in 1632 led dornheim to flee bamberg
fled with 12 chests of gold to Austria
