Krämer, Margaretha, defendant, 1662
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
[Trial for Witchcraft in Suhl, Germany]. Various documents relating to the trial of a widow accused of being a witch ("der Hexerey wegen"), who confessed before being tortured, was sentenced to death by fire -- sentenced commuted to death by decapitation by the Duke Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz, Administrator des Stifts Naumburg, after she showed repentance (rescriptum.)
Dates
- 1662
Creator
- From the Collection: Bekker, Balthasar, 1634-1698. (Person)
- From the Collection: Löher, Hermann, active active 1676. (Person)
- From the Collection: Loos, Cornelius, approximately 1546-1595. (Person)
- From the Collection: White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. (Person)
- From the Collection: Burr, George Lincoln, 1857-1938. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in Latin, German, Dutch, French, and English.
Extent
3.7 cubic feet. (3.7 cubic feet.)
Physical Description
55 ll.
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu