Nordlingen

Question 1

Lutheran beliefs of Nordlingen

Answer 1

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

Question 2

how many inhabitants

Answer 2

7-11000 in 1580s

Question 3

autonomous state of nordingen

Answer 3

it was a free imperial city subject to the emperor and had its own legal code

Question 4

when did the hunts begin

Answer 4

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

Question 5

who were the victims of the hunts

Answer 5

mainly from city elite 34 women and 1 man

accused of killing and devouring children

Question 6

does the stereotypical witch apply in nordlingen

Answer 6

9 were aged 50+ and all be 2 unmarried women were mothers

Question 7

what did confessions include

Answer 7

grave desecration , birth and motherhood

Question 8

how did the hunts come to an end

Answer 8

once gravediggers wife is accused she denounces those previously accused so provided a story for all the hunts

Question 9

example of resistance of torture

Answer 9

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