Which major historical and religious trauma of 17th-century Carniola forms the psychological burden haunting the Khallan family in Tavčar's Visoška kronika?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Mercenary bloodshed in the Thirty Years War and anti-Protestant witch trials
- Step 1: Polikarp Khallan accumulated his blood-stained wealth by murdering a comrade during the Thirty Years' War in Germany; his son Izidor must confront this guilt alongside local witch hunts and anti-Protestant fanatical hysteria. Answer: Mercenary bloodshed in the Thirty Years War and anti-Protestant witch trials. Why not the others: The setting is the 17th century, ruling out the Napoleonic wars, while the siege of Vienna and Gubec's Croatian-Slovenian revolt took place in different contexts.
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