A letter written by a mayor to his daughter Veronica provides a detailed account of one of these events.
A letter written by a mayor to his daughter Veronica provides a detailed account of one of these events. Katharina Kepler, the mother of Johannes Kepler, was the subject of another of these events. During one of these events, the youngest son of the Pappenheimer family had to watch the rest of his family meet their ends. One of these events in Bamberg took the life of its mayor, Johannes Junius. The publication of Cautio Criminalis reversed the popularity of these events caused by the earlier publication of (*) Malleus Maleficarum. Würzburg was the site of a large example of these events, which sometimes resulted in the accused being thrown into water to see whether or not they floated. For 10 points, identify these events in which those accused of sorcery were often executed.
A letter written by a mayor to his daughter Veronica provides a detailed account of one of these events.
witch trials [or: witch hunts, obvious equivalents]