Nordlingen Flashcards
Lutheran beliefs of Nordlingen
perceived witches to be powerless creatures because they were believed to be the product of diabolic illusion
witches didnt fly through the night but were deluded by satan
-no crimen exceptum
how many inhabitants
7-11000 in 1580s
autonomous state of nordingen
it was a free imperial city subject to the emperor and had its own legal code
when did the hunts begin
as a new politician on the make became mayor and the hunts lasted for the duration of his time of rotation as mayor
city councils took collective responsibility for all the hunts
who were the victims of the hunts
mainly from city elite 34 women and 1 man
accused of killing and devouring children
does the stereotypical witch apply in nordlingen
9 were aged 50+ and all be 2 unmarried women were mothers
what did confessions include
grave desecration , birth and motherhood
how did the hunts come to an end
once gravediggers wife is accused she denounces those previously accused so provided a story for all the hunts
example of resistance of torture
Maria holl resisted 62 applications of torture her refusal undermined the whole panic as she refused to name names
17 other women withstood torture and satisfied their persecutors