Ein Erschröckliche vnnd Klägliche Historij / von einem Mörder Blasi Enderlin genannt / Wirt zum Schwartzen Adler zu Wangen: Der sein Weib / Kinder / Mägdt vnd Knecht erwürgt hat.
- Ballad Title
- Ein Erschröckliche vnnd Klägliche Historij / von einem Mörder Blasi Enderlin genannt / Wirt zum Schwartzen Adler zu Wangen: Der sein Weib / Kinder / Mägdt vnd Knecht erwürgt hat.
- Digital Source
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_familicides_in_Europe#cite_note-19
- Subject/theme
- German
- Male
- murder
- pregnant woman
- wheel
- Background Information
-
Wiltenburg, Crime and Culture, pp. 81-87.
In 1585, Blasi Endres, a wealthy local judge and official in Wangen killed his family, incl his wife, children and servants, a total of seven murders (or 8 according to one source that counted the fetus of his pregnant wife).
Five texts altogether about the case:
2 pamphlets in letter form, 2 braodsides with colour woodcuts, one song
- Event Date
- 1585
- Printing Location
- Ulm
- Crime
- murder
- Gender of Accused
- Male
- Method of Punishment
- wheel
- Category
- Crime and Punishment Ballads
- Sub-Category
-
Execution Ballads
- Language
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German Ballads