Professional paper
Magda Logomer Herucina
Zdenko Balog
Abstract
The case of “the last tried witch in Croatia”, Magda Logomer (otherwise known under the nickname Herucina), attracted scientific attention on the margins of research related to the cessation of the persecution of witches in Croatia. Outside of this special domain, the case was not especially interesting to scientists who studied the persecution of “witches” in Croatia. This remained the case until recently, when it again appeared on the margins of the issue of persecution and the relationship between authentic documents on the persecution of witches and popular literature. The name of the “witch” Herucina is mentioned in literature exclusively as part of the discussions on the cessation of the persecution of witches and the correspondence on this subject between senior officials of the Kingdom of Croatia and the Vienna Court, as well as in the report of the Queen’s doctor Van Swietem, which represents an important document repeatedly published in the Obzor newspaper containing a wealth of information for the research of the anatomy of such a procedure from a new perspective....
Keywords
Magda Logomer Herucina; Gerard Van Swieten; Maria Theresa; witches; persecution of witches; Križevci
Hrčak ID:
175739
URI
Publication date:
28.12.2016.
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