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Dynamics and qualities of the witch hunt
Bad European Witch Hunts
Ellwangen and eichshatt
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When did witch hunting emerge in Ellwangen?
1528
and
1588-1589
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What was the most bloody period of executions in Ellwangen?
1611
to
1618
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What type of bishopric was Ellwangen?
Catholic
bishopric
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Who exacerbated the witch hunts in Ellwangen?
Individuals like
Westerstetten
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How many victims are perceived from the Ellwangen witch hunts?
Exceed 600
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What judicial structure existed in Ellwangen?
A
Catholic
territory free from secular courts
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What was forbidden in Ellwangen's criminal courts?
All
appeals
from its
criminal
courts
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How did Ellwangen's independence affect the witch hunts?
No
outside
force could stop the
hunts
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What marked the legal procedure in Ellwangen?
Corruption
and abuse
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What did two guards confess to in Ellwangen?
Revealing information for
money
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Who was the first woman tried in Ellwangen?
Barbara Riihn
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What did Barbara Riihn confess to after torture?
Having sex with the
devil
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How many public executions occurred in Ellwangen?
Hundreds
over
17
public executions
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How many were executed in 1612 according to Jesuit documents?
167
executed
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How many victims were executed in 1613?
103
victims
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Who were atypical victims in the Ellwangen witch hunts?
The wife of a
judge
and
three
priests
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What role did Johann Christoph von Westerstetten play in the witch hunts?
He conducted many
witch trials
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When did Westerstetten become provost in Ellwangen?
1603
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What was Westerstetten's stance on the counter-reformation?
He was a
proponent
of it
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How long did Westerstetten's permanent persecution last?
75
days of execution
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What triggered the witch hunts in Ellwangen?
Bad weather,
plague
, and livestock death
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When did the first wave of executions occur in Eichstatt?
1590
and
1592
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What characterized the suspects in Eichstatt?
Well
integrated
into political and social sphere
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How did the reformation and counter-reformation affect Eichstatt?
Heavily
affected
the region
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Who led the witch trials in Eichstatt?
Westerstetten
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How were witch suspects denounced in Eichstatt?
By other
witches
under
torture
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When did Westerstetten become bishop of Eichstatt?
1613-1637
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What was Westerstetten's educational background?
Educated by
Jesuits
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What was the vulnerability of Eichstatt communities?
Military attack and
Protestant
propaganda
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What did Westerstetten initiate in Eichstatt?
60
group burnings
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How did witch hunts correlate with Westerstetten's governance?
80%
of victims fell under his governance
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What was notable about the confessions in Eichstatt?
Explicit
references to sexual relations
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How were confessions provoked in Eichstatt?
By
interrogator's
questions about
seduction
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What pattern did confessions in Eichstatt follow?
Exchange between the
devil
and a witch
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What structure was particularly vulnerable to witch hunts?
Prince electorates
and
bishoprics
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What happened to witch hunts when the Holy Roman Emperor prohibited them?
They lulled down in the
Franconian
circle
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