Wurzburg

Question 1

how many people were women

Answer 1

75-80%

Question 2

who was the prince bishop

Answer 2

Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn

Question 3

what did Julius want to do

Answer 3

determined to win back his territory, from the protestant heresy
behaving like the model reform bishop according to Trent

Question 4

how did he display typical counter reformation behaviour

Answer 4

Established a university baring his name

to raise educational standards of the clergy

Question 5

What was Julius successful at

Answer 5

re establishing catholicism in the territory and won the city of wurzburg back to the old faith through a combination of jesuit led missions
began to build baroque style buildings in line with new religious aesthetic

Question 6

what hospital did Julius build

Answer 6

the Juliusspital

Question 7

what did the juliusspital do

Answer 7

frame for its concern with the mentally ill as well as orphans

Question 8

how many witches were killed

Answer 8

300 killed

Question 9

who did Julius idolise

Answer 9

the Virgin Mary and idolised womankind in the shape of her

Question 10

when did the persecutions get worse in wurzburg

Answer 10

under Bishop Johann Gottfried 1617-22

Question 11

when did the panic reach its height

Answer 11

Phillip Adolf of Ehrenberg 1623-31

Question 12

An example of the elite being killed

Answer 12

Dr Johann Fredrich who was accused of being a killed and some of those claimed to have seen the bishop himself at the witches dance

Question 13

how many came from wurzburg town themselves

Answer 13

219 of those who were executed

Question 14

what happened in the Juliasspital

Answer 14

allegations of witchcraft floated round

1627-1629 there were 160 people who were executed in there including 41 children

Question 15

was there a stereotypical witch

Answer 15

at the beginning witches fit a stereotype

however towards its end members of the clergy themselves found themselves caught in the hunts

Question 16

how many of the clergy were accused

Answer 16

1627-1628 42 public burnings

towards the end over half the burnings were clergy

Question 17

why were clergy accused

Answer 17

the devil had corrupted even those who appeared to be the most doughty fighters against sin, ignorance and protestantism

Question 18

how many people in total were accused

Answer 18

900 people

Question 19

how did the trials end

Answer 19

Ehrenbergs reign and only imperial mandate 1629 put a stop to the trials
even then witch persecutions continued on a reduced scale until Schonborn who was persuaded of the innocence of the executed by Jesuit Friedrich Spee

Question 20

socio economic reasons for wurzburg hunts

Answer 20

poor harvests in 1600 1616 1626

the authorities were being confronted with the overwhelming urgent needs of a rural world sugaring hunger

Question 21

impact of central court in wurzburg

Answer 21

the central court oversaw the verdicts of local authorities

but it didnt dampen down the witch craze but often added fuel to the fire

Question 22

an example of elite accused

Answer 22

ehrenbergs own nephew was accused
19/43 catholic priests were executed
25% were women

Question 23

what happened in the town of Oschenfurt

Answer 23

1627 rumours about cannibalism spiralled
later the same year 150 citizens gathered to complain about witches
the mayor and council were strictly forbidden for further assemblies but took matter into their own hands
1627 5 more were in orusib

Question 24

how did this impetus cause hunts

Answer 24

replaced lynchings with judicial processes

exhaustive questionnaires for suspected witches - could be over 100 questions

Question 25

when did the trials come to an end

Answer 25

when adolphus arrived in 1631