# The Astronomer and the Witch: Kepler’s Mother

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Ulinka Rublack FBA
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Astronomy and space, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/keplers-mother)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1615 Katharina Kepler, illiterate mother of the astronomer Johannes Kepler, was accused of being a witch. At that time in Germany, there was a witch ‘craze’. Over half of the c.50,000 executions in Europe for witchcraft between 1500 and 1700 took place in Germany.

## Lectures

1. [The Astronomer and the Witch: Kepler’s Mother](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/keplers-mother/d86cbb84f451) (YouTube)