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Malleus Maleficarum - Hammer of the Witches (Paperback): Heinrich Kramer

Malleus Maleficarum - Hammer of the Witches (Paperback)

Heinrich Kramer

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The Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for "Hammer of the Witches," or "Der Hexenhammer" in German) is a famous treatise on witches, written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer, an Inquisitor of the Catholic Church, and was first published in Germany in 1487. Jacob Sprenger is also often attributed as an author, but some scholars now believe that he became associated with the Malleus Maleficarum largely as a result of Kramer's wish to lend his book as much official authority as possible. In 1484 Kramer made one of the first attempts at a systematic persecution of witches in the region of Tyrol. It was not a success, Kramer was thrown out of the territory, and dismissed by the local bishop as a "senile old man." According to Diarmaid MacCulloch, writing the book was Kramer's act of self-justification and revenge. Some scholars have suggested that following the failed efforts in Tyrol, Kramer and Sprenger requested and received a papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus in 1484. It allegedly gave full papal approval for the Inquisition to prosecute witchcraft in general and for Kramer and Sprenger specifically. Malleus Maleficarum was written in 1484 or 1485 and the papal bull was included as part of the preface. The main purpose of the Malleus was to attempt to systematically refute arguments claiming that witchcraft does not exist, discredit those who expressed skepticism about its reality, to claim that witches were more often women than men, and to educate magistrates on the procedures that could find them out and convict them. Kramer was denounced by the Inquisition in 1490.

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Imprint: Theophania Publishing
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2011
First published: May 2011
Authors: Heinrich Kramer
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 978-1-77083-175-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
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LSN: 1-77083-175-4
Barcode: 9781770831759

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