Thursday, November 18, 2010: The Trial of Tempel Anneke ...

Thursday, November 18, 2010: The
OUTLINE
Trial of Tempel Anneke: Historical
Background, Part I
A. INTRODUCTION: HOW THIS BOOK FITS INTO THIS COURSE
B. THE WITCH-HUNTS IN THE EARLY MODERN GERMAN
TERRITORIES
C. THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES
D. THE APPLICATION OF THE CAROLINA CODE IN THIS
TERRITORY

How this book fits into this course
i) the ability to hone on one trial from an area that was noted for the highest number
of trials and executions in Europe, the Holy Roman Empire
ii) the tensions between villagers and the accused, Tempel Anneke
iv) the differences between magistrate and villager
v) the difference between a trial record and a demonological treatise
vi) the relative lateness of the trial
vii) the particular context of this part of the HRE
viii) the role of religion and confessional difference
ix) the element of popular culture
x) possible family connections in the trial
xi) the extent to which Tempel Anneke represents the stereotypical witch

B. THE WITCH-HUNTS IN THE EARLY
MODERN GERMAN TERRITORIES
-the high number of prosecutions in the
German-speaking parts of the Holy Roman
Empire
-the division of the Empire into two parts
-the role played by the universities

Source: http://gallery.euroweb.hu/index1.html

The Carolina Code
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/De_Constitutio_criminalis_Carolina_(1577)_01.jpg/300px-De_Constitutio_criminalis_Carolina_(1577)_01.jpg

THE EXAMPLE OF ELLWANGEN

C. THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK AND
-geography
THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES
-political structure and its relative
independence
-the witch trials in the area
-the impact of the Thirty Years War

THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE IN 1648
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Holy_Roman_Empire_1648_fr.svg/756px
-Holy_Roman_Empire_1648_fr.svg.png

http://www.travelgermanyinenglish.com/images/holyromanmap18thc.jpg

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heathsmith/grabenhorst/map_germany.gif
MODERN MAP OF PARTS OF GERMAN

Images of Brunswick (Braunschweig)

http://www.chessbase.de/Nachrichten/Bilder2003/2003Braunschweig/DSC08530.JPG

http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/Medien-DB/fwm/braunschweiger_loewe.JPG

http://www.feierabend.de/images/channel/web/5/6/g.19056.gif

Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony
Bronze Lion
erected in Braunschweig in 1166
http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/stones-haa0240/HLion/Lionstatue.html

D. THE APPLICATION OF THE
CAROLINA CODE IN THIS TERRITORY
-the possibility of leniency
-the distinct stages of the prosecution of a
trial

Structure of the city of Brunswick
--five municipalities/boroughs: ALSTADT, HAGEN, NEUSTADT, SACK and
ALTEWIECK
--each had its own town hall, mayors and town councils, court and its own
district church (except SACK)
-and there were two independent ecclesiastical jurisdictions:
i) the cathedral chapter of ST. BLASIUS in the city center
ii) the church and monastery of ST. AEGIDIEN in the south
- General Council, called the Gemeine Rat: for BRUNSWICK; handled important
matters (comprised of representatives of the individual municipal councils)
-which had its Higher Court, that handled the Tempel Anneke case
-and there were also the villages around BRUNSWICK, such as HARXBUTTEL
and Wenden

Carolina procedure for a witch trial
i) the initiation of investigation
ii) collection of testimony to determine whether
there is a “legally sufficient indication” to proceed
to torture
iii) The final stage of the trial: the Urgicht:
recording of a formal confession and the
subsequent carrying out of the sentence