Reclaiming Territory for the Catholic Church (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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Prince-bishop

Bishop with religious & political power as ruler

Counter-Reformation

Movement to win back territory/followers for Catholic faith

Jesuit order founding dates

Founded 1534, papal approval 1540

Von Aschhausen appointed prince-bishop of Bamberg

1609

Von Aschhausen's 1610 ordinance purpose

Investigation & severe punishment for magic practitioners

People executed as witches under von Aschhausen

Approximately 300

Peak year for Bamberg witch trials

1629 with 192 trials

First Bamberg witch trial victim (1595)

Margarethe Pemmerin

Factors making Germany vulnerable to witch-hunts

Fragmented authority, religious tensions, weak legal code

Location of most intense German witch persecution

Catholic prince-bishops' lands (17th century)

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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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