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Derenburg Witch Trials
The Derenburg witch trials was a witch trials taking place in Derenburg in Germany in 1555. It resulted in the execution of 4 people (3 women and 1 man). There is only little documentation left of the actual trial, but it was made famous in contemporary Germany by a well known popular print Popular prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as well as images. They were some of the earliest examples of ..., in which it was illustrated and described. Two women Gröbischen, and Gißlerschen, were executed by burning in October 1555 for witchcraft. Gröbischen had confessed to have been in a pact with Satan for eleven years. The sensationalist popular print claimed that Gröbischen was saved from the stake by her lover Satan himself, who lifted her up from the burning stake and flew away with her after it was lit. Another woman, Serckschen, was exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derenburg
Derenburg is a town in the Harz (district), district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the Blankenburg am Harz municipality. Geography The settlement is situated in the northern foothills of the Harz mountain range on the Holtemme river, some east of Wernigerode, and west of Halberstadt. It has access to the Bundesstraße 6n highway at the nearby Heimburg junction. History Derenburg is the site of a grave field dating back to the Linear Pottery culture about 5500–4500 BC. Archaeological excavations have revealed some ornaments made from ''Spondylus gaederopus, Spondylus'' shells fairly rare in this Northern region. Moreover, several large menhirs in the area denote a prehistoric settlement. Derenburg was probably founded under the rule of King Henry the Fowler (d. 936 AD), who had a fortified ''Kaiserpfalz, Königspfalz'' erected; the ''Taremburch'' settlement was first mentioned in a 937 deed issued by his son and successor Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Print
Popular prints is a term for printed images of generally low artistic quality which were sold cheaply in Europe and later the New World from the 15th to 18th centuries, often with text as well as images. They were some of the earliest examples of mass media. After about 1800, the types and quantity of images greatly increased, but other terms are usually used to categorise them. 15th century From about 1400, there began a "visual revolution that inundated Europe with images during the fifteenth century" (Field) as the woodcut technique was applied to paper, which was now manufactured in Christian Europe, instead of being imported from Islamic Spain. In the 15th century, the great majority of these images were religious, if playing cards are excluded. They were sold at churches, fairs and places of pilgrimage. Most were coloured, usually crudely, by hand or later by stencil. One political cartoon relating to events in 1468–1470 has survived in several different versions (ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witch Trials In Germany
The witch trials in the Holy Roman Empire, composed of the areas of present-day Germany, Switzerland and Austria, were the most extensive in Europe and in the world, both to the extent of the witch trials as such as well as to the number of executions. The witchcraft persecutions differed widely between the regions, and was most intense in the territories of the Catholic Prince Bishops in Southwestern Germany. The witch trials of the Catholic Prince Bishops of South West Germany were arguably the biggest in the world. Witch trials did occur in Protestant Germany as well, but were fewer and less extensive in comparison with Catholic Germany. The witch trials of Catholic Austria and Protestant Switzerland were both severe. Legal situation Witchcraft was formally categorized as a crime in the Holy Roman Empire in the Constitutio Criminalis Carolina in 1532. The Holy Roman Empire consisted of a number of autonomous states, both Protestant and Catholic who all had their own laws an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
