Boszorkányperek a 17. századi Marosvásárhelyen
Witch Trials in 17th Century Târgu Mures/Marosvásárhely

Summary/Abstract: The witch trials from Marosvásárhely (Târgu-Mures) are typical ones in Transylvania and fit together with the other cases from the early modern period. We can identify the same processes and elements as historiography and ethnography had described. On the other hand, these cases are slightly different because these witch trials were less bloody and hysterical than usually in the seventeenth century. In the Hungarian Kingdom we cannot speak about witch hunts. Perhaps the intensity of witch hunts in a medium size Transylvanian town was smaller. This paper aims to describe and analyse the witch cases from the 17th century Târgu Mures. These cases are not that remarkable, but we can gain insight into the juridical processes through them. In the cases we can identify some interesting elements of the periods mentality.

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