Prince-Bishop von Dornheim and Frederick Förner (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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Years of Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg

1623-1632

Von Dornheim's nickname meaning 'witch-bishop'

Hexenbischof

Frederick Förner's position under von Dornheim

Vicar general

Special prison for suspected witches built 1627

Drudenhaus (witch-prison)

How confiscated property sustained witch-hunt

Funded further investigations - self-sustaining system

Förner's major 1626 work on witchcraft (Latin title)

Panoplia Armaturae Dei (Armour of God)

What Förner blamed for causing Thirty Years' War

Rise of Protestantism

Why more witches found in Catholic areas per Förner

Devil already won Protestant areas, fights harder vs Catholics

When scepticism about witch trials began growing

1627 onwards

What von Dornheim & Förner saw as central to society

Obedience

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Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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Summary

Changing Attitudes to Witchcraft in Britain

The Wider Intellectual Context: the Coming of the Age of Science and Reason

The North Berwick Witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the Aftermath to 1597

The Lancashire Witches of 1604–13

The Great Witch-Hunt in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32

Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian Witch Craze, 1645–47

Cotton Mather and the Salem Witch-Hunt, 1692–93

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