Bamberg 1626-1631 (Pt.1)
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- Bamberg 1626-1631
- centrally important principality and was created in the 11th century to help the spread of Christianity
- Key People
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen
- Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1609-1622)
- a prince-bishop may have full judicial control over one area but be unable to set up a court in a neighbouring one
- There were many little intricate ruling systems in play
- The HRE was fragmented
- Spread the counter-reformation
- Invited Jesuits into Bamberg
- founded new schools
- Tried to remove any taint of Protestantism
- Fines were imposed on parishes that insisted on remaining protestant
- Supplies of wood to protestant parishes were restricted
- Catholic troops were quartered in protestant villages
- those who actively opposed official policy were sent into exile
- On a number of occasions, Lutherans were rounded up and arrested
- burned about 300 suspected witches, including 102 in 1617
- Wanted to re-Catholicise Bamberg
- Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim
- Drudenhaus
- Constructed in 1627 on the order of von Dornheim and closed once he was no longer in charge
- Special witch prison for people accused of witchcraft in Bamberg
- Each prison held about 30-40 people
- Had a torture chamber
- Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1623-1633)
- Took leading role in persecutions
- Trials increased in correlation with his ruling
- Earned the nickname 'Witch-bishop'
- Issued a law allowing for the confiscation of witches' property
- The upper class were disproportionately targeted
- Drudenhaus
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen
- The Counter-Reformation
- important centre for the Roman Catholic Church
- Incredibly important for the counter-reformation
- Protestantism seen as connected with witchcraft
- The Catholic Church were victorious over the Protestant heretics
- Protestants and witches were seen as being in the same league as each other
- The Catholic Church were victorious over the Protestant heretics
- The counter-reformation suffered some resistance
- the Lutheran commune of Marktzeuln was controlled by the bishop of Bamberg
- The parishioners of the local protestant church refused to renounce their faith, despite enormous pressure to do so
- When the Catholic authorities attempted to place new ministers in office, they were faced with threats and weapons, and chased out of the area
- The parishioners of the local protestant church refused to renounce their faith, despite enormous pressure to do so
- the Lutheran commune of Marktzeuln was controlled by the bishop of Bamberg
- Protestants could face imprisonment in Bamberg Tower, in a room 12 feet wide and infested with vermin
- important centre for the Roman Catholic Church
- Catholic region
- Devastated by war, crop failures, famines and plagues in the mid-1620s
- This correlates with the rise in witch trials
- People looked for supernatural explanations and accusations of witchcraft
- People were suffering in most aspects of their lives
- People looked for supernatural explanations and accusations of witchcraft
- The 'Little Ice Age' peaked between 1560-1660
- As money lost its real value and poor weather resulted in crop failures, the prices of goods increased
- Inflation
- Little knowledge of money so people blamed magic and witchcraft
- Inflation
- This correlates with the rise in witch trials
- Thirty Years' War
- Debt from the war increased to 800,000 florins by its end
- Authorities had no choice but to levy high taxes
- Bamberg was affected significantly by the conflict
- Famine as a result of soldiers requisitioning food
- Villages and towns plundered for supplies
- Young men and boys were forcibly conscripted
- Debt from the war increased to 800,000 florins by its end
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