Nordlingen Flashcards

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Lutheran beliefs of Nordlingen

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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

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how many inhabitants

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7-11000 in 1580s

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autonomous state of nordingen

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

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when did the hunts begin

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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

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who were the victims of the hunts

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mainly from city elite 34 women and 1 man

accused of killing and devouring children

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does the stereotypical witch apply in nordlingen

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

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what did confessions include

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grave desecration , birth and motherhood

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how did the hunts come to an end

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

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example of resistance of torture

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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

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