Michael Kunze
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In the summer of 1599, a thief named Geindl is hanged for reasons including the murder of 7 pregnant women. On the scaffold, Geindl declares that brothers Michel and Gumpprecht Pappenheimer had assisted him. The sheriff’s men then seek out and arrest them, Paulus, their father, Anna, their mother, and Hansel their 10-yr old brother. Kunze sympathizes with the family and takes us into their daily life before the nightmare. They were beggars, Paulus eventually took up a part-time profession of cleaning out cesspools. Paulus himself had attended a witch burning in 1590, never knowing he’d be next. With heads low, they did their best to avoid disreputable persons. Nevertheless they were carted off to Munich and put to extreme torture to confess. This included strappdo, and squassation.
Kunze examines each forced confession in turn. Without physical evidence, and going against the common law of corpus delicti, prosecutor Johann Wangereck departs from customary procedures and the Pappenheimers become scapegoats for a catalogue of unsolved crimes. From murder to arson to witchcraft. Two family friends, Ulrich Schaltzbauer and Georg Schmalzl are also implicated. Their execution is not something that I will be detailing, suffice it to say it was highly unusual and especially horrific.
If you can push through the graphic scenes, this is an excellent resource and study for a unique witchcraft trial. We get to know the members of the judicial court, Duke Maximilian I, and fellow beggars as Kunze moves back and forth seamlessly between politics, pauper life, religious turmoil, and superstitious practices.… (mehr)