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The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with the pedagogical goal of allowing students to interact directly with primary sources. A brief historiographical essay has been added, along with eleven civic records, including regulations about sorcery, Tempel Anneke's marital agreement, and court salaries, which provide an even clearer picture of life in seventeenth-century Europe. Maps of Harxb¿ttel and the Holy Roman Empire and lists of key players enable easy reference.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
I. Historical Background
II. Understanding the Text
III. Lists of People
IV. Historiographical Essay
V. Suggestions for Further Reading
The Trial of Tempel Anneke (1663)
Document A
Document B
Document C
Folios 1-45
Supplementary Civic Records
Record 1. Excerpt from the Civic Regulations (
Polizeiordnung) of Brunswick (seventeenth century)
Record 2. Marital Agreement between Hans Kage and Anna Roleffes, June 1620
Record 3. Marital Agreement between Jürgen Roleffes and Anna Marvese, June 1655
Record 4. The Licence of Hans Harves (Tempel Hans) for the Fishery, House, and Beer Sale at the Tempel Hof, 1658
Record 5. The Arrest of Tempel Anneke, June 1663: Excerpt from the Testimony in the Trial of Lücke Behrens for Witchcraft, Brunswick, 1672
Record 6. Court Salaries, 1663
Record 7. Excerpts from the Prisoner Accounts Books, 1663-64
Record 8. Agreement between Hennig Roleffes of Wenden and Jürgen Roleffes of Harxbüttel, March 1664
Record 9. Marital Agreement between Hennig Buhmann and Maria Kage, and Buhmann’s Tenancy Oath, 1670-71
Record 10. The Later Affairs of Hennig Roleffes of Wenden, 1677-78
Appendices
A. Glossary of Latin Terms
B. Index of Herbs and Medicinal Ingredients
References
Sources
Index
About the author
By Peter A. Morton
Translated by Barbara Dähms
Summary
The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with the pedagogical goal of allowing students to interact directly with primary sources.
