The Werewolf Timeline 1600-1700

werewolf timeline

1602

  • 1602: Michée Bauloz, along with Jeanne de la Pierre and Suzanne Prevost, were French people who were condemned in 1602 on charges of being werewolves. According to the charges against them, they were accused of committing a series of murders while in the form of wolves. They were found guilty by a court of law and punished for their alleged lycanthropy. The cases of Bauloz, de la Pierre, and Prevost are examples of the way that the werewolf myth was used to explain and punish criminal behavior during the early modern period.

1603

  • 1603: Jean Grenier was a French teenager who was put on trial in 1603 on charges of being a werewolf. According to the charges against him, Grenier was accused of attacking and killing livestock and other animals while in the form of a wolf. He was found guilty by a court of law and was sentenced to life imprisonment for his alleged lycanthropy. Grenier's case is an example of the way that the werewolf myth was used to explain and punish violent behavior during the early modern period.

1623

  • In 1623, a series of court trials took place in which eighteen men and thirteen women were put on trial on charges of being werewolves. According to the charges against them, they were accused of committing a series of murders while in the form of wolves. They were found guilty by a court of law and punished for their alleged lycanthropy. The cases of these men and women are examples of the way that the werewolf myth was used to explain and punish criminal behavior during the early modern period.

1692

  • Thiess was an 80-year-old man who was put on trial in Jurgenburg, Livonia in 1692 on charges of being a werewolf. According to the charges against him, Thiess was accused of committing a series of murders while in the form of a wolf. He was found guilty by a court of law and was sentenced to ten lashes for acts of idolatry and superstitious beliefs. Thiess's case is an example of the way that the werewolf myth was used to explain and punish criminal behavior during the early modern period.