Bamberg

Question 1

Who was the first bishop of Bamberg and when?

Answer 1

Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen, 1609

Question 2

What did Aschhausen want?

Answer 2

Removal of Protestantism, return of Catholicism

Question 3

When did Aschhausen issue a new witchcraft ordinance?

Answer 3

1610

Question 4

What did the ordinance state?

Answer 4

Anyone that used magic to be punished

Question 5

Who proceeded Aschhausen?

Answer 5

Johann Georg Fuchs II von Dornheim?

Question 6

How many did Dornheim have executed?

Answer 6

300

Question 7

What did Dornheim claim?

Answer 7

• 30 years war due to Protestantism
• Witches + Protestant preachers undermined the social order
• Protestantism unleashed witchcraft

Question 8

What did Dornheim have built?

Answer 8

Drudenhaus

Question 9

What was Dornheim known as?

Answer 9

Hexenbischof (witch bishop)

Question 10

Who became Dornheim’s deputy?

Answer 10

Friedrick Forner

Question 11

What did Forner blame for the outbreak of the war?

Answer 11

Protestantism

Question 12

When did FF publish 25 sermons on witchcraft and magic?

Answer 12

1625

Question 13

Why was Aschhausen moderately influential?

Answer 13

Was a catalyst for Dornheim to increase persecution