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(WITCH TRIAL.) Processus Inquisitorius in Sachen Gretge Steffens und Elsche Prahlen, sonsten die Griepische genandt. In p[unct]o veneficii. manuscript in german, with occasional Latin, written in old German script in brown ink on laid paper, with notarial signature, stamp, and seal at end. 55 leaves. 304x203 mm, disbound, last leaf loose; title and last page somewhat soiled and stained. Trenthorst [near Lübeck], 1665
Transcript of inquisitorial proceedings in the case of Steffens and Prahlen, 2 women from the village of Grinau in Schleswig-Holstein accused of witchcraft, comprising testimony by Steffens and various witnesses, including her husband. Among the allegations against Steffens were that she learned witchcraft from her mother and brothers; denied God and holy baptism; made a pact with Satan, received his mark (a physical examination revealed her to have abnormally large birthmarks on her back), and knew how to summon him; often had unnatural marks on her face and body thought to result from beatings by the Devil; had an evil reputation in the village, as did her brothers and mother, the latter having been burned at the stake; killed assorted livestock in the area, including a horse given her and her husband as a wedding gift; and that 7 horses belonging to a town inhabitant died after a fight between his son and the Steffens’s. After torture with thumbscrews and “Spanish boots” she confirmed the allegations, also implicating Elsche Griepen, a cowmaid from Schenkenberg, as an accomplice. Accompanied by typewritten German transcription.
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