Southern Germany
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Southern Germany
PC and context
South Germany was religously divided. Attempts to purify society with religous reforms (council of trent). Catholicism became more popular. Withdrawl of the elite, creating distance between nobility, clergy, and the bourgeoisie.
Reasons for the witchcraze
Counter reformation meant that tensions were high and prince bishops used this to persecute those who did not conert to catholicism. Thirty years war created more fear and unrest (bad harvests, taxes) . Katharina Merckhlerin…
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