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The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750

Why the Bamberg witch hunt ended

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Key term

What war's disruption helped bring the Bamberg persecutions to an end?

Key term

What special body did the prince-bishop set up to try the Bamberg accused?

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What special prison was built to hold the accused witches?

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  1. 1

    What special body did the prince-bishop set up to try the Bamberg accused?

    Model answer

    A special witch commission, which used its own prosecutors and applied torture without the usual legal restraints.

  2. 2

    What war's disruption helped bring the Bamberg persecutions to an end?

    Model answer

    The Thirty Years' War.

  3. 3

    What special prison was built to hold the accused witches?

    Model answer

    The Drudenhaus (witch house).

  4. 4

    Why did the Bamberg persecutions come to an end?

    Model answer

    Complaints reached the Imperial Aulic Council and the Emperor, the Swedish army's approach removed the prince-bishop's power, and relatives of victims found redress.

  5. 5

    What was the role of Emperor Ferdinand II?

    Model answer

    Under pressure from the relatives of executed citizens and from imperial lawyers, he ordered that proper procedure be observed and confiscations halted.

  6. 6

    How did the Imperial Chamber Court intervene?

    Model answer

    It heard appeals from the families of the condemned, which asserted that even a prince-bishop was subject to imperial law and due process.

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