The Reformation was accompanied by a social upheaval that had an impact on social relationships. The Catholic clergy as a caste gave way to church representatives from the midst of the educated class. The human body and natural phenomena became the subject of academic consideration.
Way of life 1550 up to 1600
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Braun-Hogenberg, 1590
The Reformation was accompanied by a social upheaval that had an impact on social relationships. The Catholic clergy as a caste gave way to church representatives from the midst of the educated class. The human body and natural phenomena became the subject of academic consideration.
The persecution of witches reaches its apex at the same time. Capital punishment becomes increasingly frequent in Stettin and Neustettin. The witch-hunter Bailiff Jakob von Kleist wipes out entire families in Neustettin between 1585 and 1592.
