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Demoniality (Hardcover)
Ludovico Maria Sinistrari, Montague Summers
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R518
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The Malleus Maleficarum is a seminal treatise regarding witchcraft
and demons, presented here complete with an authoritative
translation to modern English by Montague Summers. At the time this
book was published in 1487, the Christian church had considered
witchcraft a dangerous affront to the faith for many centuries.
Executions of suspected witches were intermittent, and various
explanations of behaviors deemed suspect were thought to be caused
by possession, either by the devil or demon such as an incubus or
succubus. Kramer wrote this book after he had tried and failed to
have a woman executed for witchcraft. Unhappy at the verdict of the
court, he authored the Malleus Maleficarum as a manual for other
witch seekers to refer to. For centuries the text was used by
Christians as a reference source on matters of demonology, although
it was not used directly by the Inquisition who became notorious
for their tortures and murders.
Originally published between 1920-70, the aim of the general
editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up to date findings
and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and
sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in
the following groupings: "Prehistory and Historical Ethnography"
set of 12: 0-415-15611-4 (u800); "Greek Civilization" set of 7:
0-415-15612-2 (u450); "Roman Civilization" set of 6: 0-415-15613-0
(u400); "Eastern Civilizations" set of 10: 0-415-15614-9 (u650);
"Judaeo-Christian Civilization" set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: (u250);
"European Civilization" set of 11: 0-415-15616-5 (u700).
This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft from
their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all
witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical
location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail,
and its historical progression, within the context of the 1736
Repeal Act of George II.
As a complementary volume to the author's 'History of Witchcraft
and Demonology', this volume traces the practice of witchcraft in
various regions across Europe. The author moves from the general to
particular incidents, stories and histories.
This is a comprehensive guide to the practices of witchcraft
from their inception to the present day. Summers argues that all
witchcraft is essentially the same, regardless of geographical
location. He examines the practices of the cult in great detail,
and its historical progression, within the context of the 1736
Repeal Act of George II.
This work about witchcraft, sorcery, black magic, necromancy,
damnation, satanism and every kind of magic and occult is written
by the undisputed scholar in the field and is a work of
unprecedented authority - of interest to all who are connected with
the subject.
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