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92 | Christian Wessely www.jrfm.eu 2021, 7/1, 67–93 Questions remaining Exploration awaits for the documents amongst the material uncovered that do not concern Ludwig Teschler, Barbara Schlemmerin and Albert Widman. Transcripts are still incomplete, and much archive work will need to be car- ried out to explore, for example, why the chaplain Sebastian Walther defected from the parish in 1629 (#134), what punishment awaited Maria Schupferin, who in her sleep had smothered her toddler (#89, 1703), or whether the fugi- tive clerics who appear on wanted posters (#7 and #8) were caught. For a theologian with great interest in religious theory and practice in the time of the Catholic reform of the early 17th century, the lot of the persons encountered in this article is a particular concern. What happened to Barbara Schlemmerin, who never appeared again in any records? She evidently was never tried, but she is also absent from the register of deaths – did she move away? Did she marry (improbable for woman who was elderly by contempo- rary standards and had a bad reputation, but still an option)? Why is there no record of the death of Ludwig Teschler even though he lived on for almost two more decades in Haus, apparently as a respected craftsman and father? What happened to Albert Widman after he was recalled from Haus in 1648? Our picture of each of them is nebulous, and they deserve more than the limited impression we can glean from the reports in hand. Speaking of hands, why is Teschler’s petition by the same hand as the notes and Widman’s apology? And lastly, how did this peculiar selection of papers find its way from the Ennstal to Graz, a distance of about 160 kilometres? There is a lot of work to be done – archives to be rummaged through, activ- ities to be studied, curiosity to be satisfied and knowledge about past Roman Catholic customs to be acquired. Bibliography Byloff, Fritz, 1902, Das Verbrechen der Zauberei (crimen magiae). Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Strafrechtspflege in Steiermark, Graz: Leuschner & Lubensky. Fürsterzbischöfliches Konsistorium Salzburg, 1642, Protokollbuch des Konsistoriums, Ar- chiv der Erzdiözese Salzburg. Fürweger, Wolfgang, 2015, Verbrannte Kindheit. Die vergessenen Kinder der Hexenprozesse um den Zauberer Jackl, 1677–1679, Berlin: Ueberreuter. Heinisch, Reinhard Rudolf, 1991, Paris Graf Lodron. Reichsfürst und Erzbischof von Salzburg, Wien: Amalthea. Hofrat des Fürsterzbistums Salzburg, 1642, Protokollbuch des Hofrates, Landesarchiv Salzburg.