Bamberg 1626-1631 (Pt.2)
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- Bamberg 1626-1631
- Key People
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen
- Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1609-1622)
- In 1610 he issued a new ordinance concerning witchcraft
- Within it, he ordered an investigation, whereby any person found practicing magic would be severely punished
- Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim
- Believed tackling witchcraft was of utmost importance
- took personal responsibility for the investigation and hired a number of people to assist him
- His own wealth increased dramatically with the confiscation of witches' property
- He had a passion for witch-hunting and needed great amounts of money to conduct them effectively and in great numbers
- Held near absolute power on both the ecclesiastical front and the secular front
- Had great religious zeal
- Believed Protestants to be in alliance with the Devil
- The Devil did not need to use his power against those Protestants who already believed his lies
- Believed Protestants to be in alliance with the Devil
- The Imperial court attempted to restrain Dornheim's zeal
- Prominent people fled to plead for intervention
- Frederick Forner
- Vicar general and acted as deputy to von Dornheim
- Strong advocate for the counter-reformation
- Relentlessly pursued witches
- At von Aschausen's funeral, he gave the sermon where he blamed the rise of Protestantism for the outbreak of the 30 Years' War
- Believed that the defeat of one demonic force leads to the rise of another, more lethal force
- Published 25 sermons on witchcraft in 1625
- Provided an intellectual framework for the witch-hunts and was therefore indispensable to von Dornheim
- Believed both witches and Protestants undermined the entire social and political order by failing to respect the sacraments, relics and festivals of the Catholic Church
- Argued that the Thirty Years' War increased cases of witchcraft
- Increased incidences of maleficia
- The Protestant rebellion that caused the war
- Both believed that if the devil uses violence, it is justifiable to use violence and torture in return on suspected witches
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen
- Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (1609-1622)
- In 1610 he issued a new ordinance concerning witchcraft
- Within it, he ordered an investigation, whereby any person found practicing magic would be severely punished
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen
- Dr George Haan
- Vice-Chancellor of Bamberg
- Loyal servant to the bishops of Bamberg for many years
- Upper class
- Fell out of favour as he was seen as a relatively lenient judge
- People thought he was a witch-supervisor
- Wanted to remove anyone from power that may prevent witches from being persecuted
- People thought he was a witch-supervisor
- His wife and daughter were arrested and he took his son and fled to the imperial court in Speyer
- By the time he returned, his wife and daughter had been tortured, confessed and burned.
- Haan and his son were also forced to confess and they were burned in 1628
- During his torture he named 5 councillors who also got burned
- Haan and his son were also forced to confess and they were burned in 1628
- By the time he returned, his wife and daughter had been tortured, confessed and burned.
- Vice-Chancellor of Bamberg
- Johannes Junius
- Burgomaster
- Master or Mayor of the town (highest position) for 20 years
- He wrote a letter to his daughter whilst in prison
- Explained the torture and the things he was 'confessing' weren't true
- constantly insists that he is not a witch and that they have got their accusations wrong
- Says that when thumb screws applied he felt no pain on both occasions
- When a mark is found on his right side and prickled 3 times, he feels no pain and no blood flows out
- Finally confesses on July 5th 1628
- Explained the torture and the things he was 'confessing' weren't true
- One of the most high profile cases
- Shortly before his arrest, his wife had been executed as a witch which implicated him by association
- Also implicated by Dr Haan and his family who had named him before they were executed
- Seems to have been treated less harshly when examined and tortured
- Treated badly by the evil spirits despite supposedly being in alliance with them as he had refused to do what they had said and kill his daughter
- Burgomaster
- Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen
- No one knew how to examine a witch and so an outsider named Trill was called in
- After this many more were accused and ultimately executed
- The Bamberg Terror
- Torture used in Bamberg was brutal
- More likely suspects would confess to make the pain stop
- Devices Used
- Thumbscrews
- Leg vices
- Scourging
- the stocks, furnished with iron spikes
- the strappardo
- burning feathers held under the arms and groin
- The prayer stool, a kneeling board with sharp wooden pegs
- forcible feeding on herring cooked in salt and denial of water
- Scalding water baths to which lime had been added
- The Linsten Chamber
- Torture used in Bamberg was brutal
- Drudenhaus (Witch Prison)
- Constructed in 1627 on the orders of von Dornheim
- The walls were covered in biblical texts
- Witches were thought to be in allegiance with the devil and so have renounced God
- Biblical texts were displayed to influence them to come back to Christianity and away from witchcraft
- Witches were thought to be in allegiance with the devil and so have renounced God
- Key People
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