The problem of Herman’s court
Keywords:
Veronika Deseniška, Friderik of Celje, marriage, witchcraft, 1425 judicial processAbstract
In his article, the author offers a new solution to the problem of the character of the court that processed and acquitted Veronika Desenice, the second wife of Count Friderik II of Celje, on account of witchcraft and poisoning in 1425. Friderik’s father, Count Herman, subsequently vented his rage on the young daughter-in-law, first by bringing her to trial and later by executing her extrajudicially. Up to now researchers have believed that the process took place in a secular court. However, the content of the charge, as presented in the only source, the Chronicles of the Counts of Celje from the mid- 15th century, shows that the case probably did not fit in the context of secular but rather church judicature.
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