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Case studies- Bamburg Flashcards

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When did Bamburg take place

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1623-1632

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where is Bamburg

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Germany

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How many people were executed

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Around 900

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What was Germany a part of (Hint: it is similar to the EU)

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The Holy Roman Empire

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What was the Holy Roman Empire

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A patchwork of central European territories existed between 962-1806 under the authority of an emperor.

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Were towns and villages free under the HRE to make their own decisions

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They were given remarkable freedom
- as a result of this places were given the freedom
to make their own decisions on witchcraft

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What was the counter-reformation

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the Roman Catholic efforts directed in the 16th and early 17th centuries both against the Protestant Reformation and toward internal renewal.

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Consequences of the counter-reformation

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Catholic troops in protestant villages, Protestants could face imprisonment in Bamburg tower

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Who was Johann Gottfried Von Aschhausen

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  • prince bishop of Bamburg
  • 1610 ordinance which stated anyone practising witchcraft would be severely punished
  • had 300 ‘witches’ executed
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What happened to the influence of the HRE during the thirty-year war

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It declined as the behaviours of some of the emperors began to cause resentment.

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What side did Bamburg fight on in the thirty-year war

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Catholic

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Why did the Thirty years war begin

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Religious divisions founded in northern Europe

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Economic consequences of the thirty years war in Bamburg

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  • Presence of large armies devastated Bamburg
  • famine and a lot of men conscripted
  • crop failure and inflation
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impact of the thirty years war on witch craze in Bamburg

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-Catholics in Bamberg became more fanatical than ever anyone who deviated from Orthodox Catholic practices was labeled a heretic and suspicion was laid upon the Devil.

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Which people were targeted in the Bamburg witch hunts

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  • sexually promiscuous women
  • political and religious attitudes towards the war that deviated from those of catholic authority
  • people with a reputation for fortune-telling, healing, etc.
  • Members of the upper class (Von Dornheim gained the right to seize witches property)
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16
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When was the little ice age

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Early 17th century

17
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What was the debt caused by the war

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800,000 florins

18
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What did they believe caused the little ice age?

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witches

19
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What was the Carolina law code

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  • made witchcraft a severe crime
  • witches should be executed using fire
  • enabled torture in Bamburg
20
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What did the Carolina Law code state that Bamburg did not do

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  • stated accused should be allowed, lawyers
  • trials should be done in public
  • confessions should be backed up with evidence
21
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What percentage of women were accused during the trials

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72.7%

22
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What was the average age of the accused

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33.5

23
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Were Jesuits accepting of protestants

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No, they were fiercely anti protestant

24
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What did Von Achhausen found

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Catholic schools

25
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What began the Thirty Years War

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The defenestration of a catholic representative of the emperor in Prague

26
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Two examples of witches that have been accused due to crop failure and bad weather

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  • Lorentz Kempffen Seebauer’s wife

- Katharina Merckhlerin

27
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What was the gold value of the florin lowered too as a result of the economic crisis facing Bamburg

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79% to 77%

28
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Which significant figure in society was accused of witchcraft

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Mayor of Bamburg John Junius

29
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How many older women were sent to be executed in Ziel

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seven

30
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What was put in place in 1555

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Peace of Augsburg - countries were allowed to pick which religion they wanted to support

31
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What did people think of officials who did not persecute witches

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That they themselves were essentially witches

32
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What was hereditary guilt

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People in the same family would often all be arrested for an accusation of witchcraft if even one of them was accused.

33
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What was the name of Von Dornheims creation and what was it used for

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The drudenhhaus. It was used to torture and incite a confession from witches

34
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Who were both Von Ashhausen and Von Dornheim influenced by

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Friedrich Forner

35
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Who was Frederik Forner

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Friedrich Forner was the vicar/ bishop in Bamburg and was a relentless witch hunter and “soul of the counter-reformation”

36
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What was a popuar torture method in Bamburg

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Thumbscrews

History : Year 13 (6 decks)

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