Relevant Context - Economic crisis Flashcards
1
Q
Weather and crop failures
What was Lorentz Hempffen Seebauer’s wife accused of?
A
- Suggesting that a frost should ruin the fruit harvest
- Resent freezing conditions were mentioned throughout her trial
2
Q
What did Hatharina Merckhlerin confess to?
A
- November 1626
- Part of a plot to freeze and destroy all of Bamberg’s crops
3
Q
Year - Frost destroyed wine crop
A
1629
Same as the trial peaked
4
Q
What was the ‘Little Ice Age’?
A
- Significantly colder and unsettling weather
- Peaking in 1560-1660
5
Q
How did American actions effect the economy in Bamberg?
A
- After 1610 the supply of Silver from America declined
- Led to the use of a reserve currency of Gold.
6
Q
Give an example of money-losing its value
A
- Reserve currency
- Gold content 79% in the early 15th century
- 77% in 1626
- Money lost its real value - inflation
7
Q
Give examples of confessions with economic causes
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- Maria Anna Junius (Daughter of Mayor of Bamberg) - attributed inflation to the main cause of the hunts
- Margaretha Aissmennin confessed to coin-clipping
- Kunigudta Rindterin - relationship with rich man to avoid poverty
- Margaretha Gussbacherin - prostituted herself to a man in a black feather hat to free herself from poverty and suffering. - diabolical pact.
