Würzburg

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A-Level History (Witches) Mind Map on Würzburg, created by Katie Eaton on 26/01/2017.
Katie Eaton
Mind Map by Katie Eaton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Würzburg
  1. Religion
    1. Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld, a Jesuit
      1. Convinced that none of the witches he'd led to the stake were guilty
        1. Couldn't utter his thoughts as he feared suffering the same fate
          1. Wrote the book, Cautio Criminalis, condemning the activities in Würzburg
        2. Printed anonymously in the Protestant city of Hamchin in 1631
          1. Considerable effect in halting witchcraft persecution in many parts of Germany
      2. Social and Economic
        1. Victims came from all sections of society, regardless of age, profession and gender
          1. Levack - 'At Würzburg in 1629 the chain of accusations led to the naming of numerous children, law students, clerics and eventually the bishop's chancellor and the bishop himself.'
            1. Of the 160 witches executed in Würzburg between 1627 and 1629 around a quarter were children
              1. At one point, children accounted for around 60 per cent of the victims
                1. The children were all charged and punished towards the end of the Würzburg witch-hunt
            2. Pressure for the persecution of witches from below was likely to be considerable in times of dearth
              1. The bishopric froze over, as did the grain fields. Everything froze over, causing great inflation.
                1. The pressure from below questioned why the authority delayed punishing witches for spoiling crops
              2. Responses of Authority
                1. Prince-Bishop Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg (reigned 1623-31)
                  1. 1626-1631, around 900 were executed
                    1. 1631, Philipp Adolf died
                    2. Würzburg was taken by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1631
                      1. Witch trials came to and end
                      2. The bishop was instrumental in bringing the hunt to an end
                      3. Political
                        1. Those burnt included nobels and mayors, Ehrenburg's own nephew, 19 Catholic priests and children of seven who were said to have intercourse with demons
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