Ellwangen Flashcards
when did the trials occur
in 1603-12 = 75 days of executions 4-5 people
who were the hunts under
the Prince abbot of Westersetten
centralised or decentralised territory ?
was autonomous from secular and higher church authority
who did westersetten appoint
two lawyers as witch commissioners who acted independently on minimum evidence and actively steering persecutions
combined torture and denunciations
what was Barbara Rohm accused of
1611 even her husband suspected her to be a witch, she was accused of killing animals and attempting o poison her son]she was tortured and confused o having made a pact with the devil
started a wave of persecution with the wife of a judge being killed in 1611 and the judge was executed soon after
three priests were then accused
conditions in jails
gaolers confessed to raping women while in prison
