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Northern Croatia

Witch trials, legal history, archival sources and comparative perspectives

Historical map: Kingdom of Hungary and the Croatian lands

J. C. Müller; published by Johann Baptist Homann, Regni Hungariae Tabula Generalis (1716–1724). Historical cartography presented as a primary visual source, not a modern georeferenced map.

Regni Hungariae Tabula Generalis, historical map of Hungary and Croatian lands, 1716–1724

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Research on witch trials and magical offences in the northern Croatian lands, with particular attention to eighteenth-century estate jurisdictions, judicial procedure and archival sources.

Research themes

  • Witch trials before estate and municipal courts
  • Legal practice, criminal proceedings and evidentiary procedure
  • Archival research and critical editions of sources
  • Comparison with neighbouring Habsburg territories

Research and publications

Studies, source editions, working bibliographies and downloadable material will be added here as they become available for publication.