# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedikt-carpzov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:57:30.136Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benedikt-carpzov"
name: "Benedikt Carpzov"
slug: "benedikt-carpzov"
description: "Benedikt Carpzov the Younger was a German criminal lawyer and a witchcraft theoretician who wrote extensively on witch processes. His 1635 work Practica Rerum Criminalium dealt with the trial of those accused of witchcraft, supporting the use of torture to extract confessions from the accused. Carpzov is considered the founder of the German jurisprudence. He is also known under pen-name Ludovicus de Montesperato."
tagline: "German legal scientist (1595-1666)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benedikt-Carpzov-d-J-04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1595-05-27"
deathDate: "1666-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.5
  momentum:             0.7333333333333334
  historical:           9.411592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Бенедикт Карпцов Молодший"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنديكت كاربزوف (استاذ جامعة من المانيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov_den_yngre"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov den yngre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov_der_J%C3%BCngere"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov der Jüngere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov_Jr."
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82"
    title: "Карпцов, Бенедикт"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov_den_yngre"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov den yngre"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Carpzov"
    title: "Benedikt Carpzov"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73087"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump