The ‘Malleus Maleficarum‘ and the construction of witchcraft

Author: Hans Broedel
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847795676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The Malleus is an important text and is frequently quoted by authors across a wide range of scholarly disciplines. Yet it also presents serious difficulties: it is difficult to understand out of context, and is not generally representative of late medieval learned thinking. This, the first book-length study of the original text in English, provides students and scholars with an introduction to this controversial work and to the conceptual word of its authors. Like all witch-theorists, Institoris and Sprenger constructed their witch out of a constellation of pre-existing popular beliefs and learned traditions. Therefore, to understand the Malleus, one must also understand the contemporary and subsequent debates over the reality and nature of witches. This book argues that although the Malleus was a highly idiosyncratic text, its arguments were powerfully compelling and therefore remained influential long after alternatives were forgotten. Consequently, although focused on a single text, this study has important implications for fifteenth-century witchcraft theory. This is a fascinating work on the Malleus Maleficarum and will be essential to students and academics of late medieval and early modern history, religion and witchcraft studies.

The Hammer of Witches

Author: Christopher S. Mackay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110739371X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 957

Book Description
The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, religion and society. Mackay's highly acclaimed translation, based on his extensive research and detailed analysis of the Latin text, is the only complete English version available, and the most reliable. Now available in a single volume, this key text is at last accessible to students and scholars of medieval history and literature. With detailed explanatory notes and a guide to further reading, this volume offers a unique insight into the fifteenth-century mind and its sense of sin, punishment and retribution.

The Malleus Maleficarum

Author: Heinrich Kramer
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602063842
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
"A handbook for hunting and punishing witches to assist the Inquisition and Church in exterminating undesirables. Mostly a compilation of superstition and folklore, the book was taken very seriously at the time it was written in the 15th century and became a kind of spiritual law book used by judges to determine the guilt of the accused"--From publisher description.

Malleus

Author: Dan Abnett
Publisher: Black Library
ISBN: 9780743411769
Category : Fantasy games
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the aftermath of a century-long campaign, Inquisitor Eisenhorn finds his beliefs pushed to their limits. The trail of an escaped enemy leads him face to face with those within his very organization who believe their greatest enemy is the only means of mankind's salvation.

Malleus Daemonum

Author: Alexander Albertinus
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105855120
Category : Religion
Languages : la
Pages : 158

Book Description
In 1620 Alexander Albertinus, a Franciscan of Observance from Mantua, addressed to the bishop of Verona this "Hammer of Demons" or Four Most Experimented Exorcisms Collected from the Gospels. This book has been transcribed from the original Latin and contains the complete original text.

The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger

Author: Heinrich Institoris
Publisher: Book Tree
ISBN: 9781585090983
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 344

Book Description
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

The Malleus Maleficarum

Author:
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847798055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches. It was written in 1487 by a Dominican inquisitor, Heinrich Institoris, following his failure to prosecute a number of women for witchcraft, it is in many ways a highly personal document, full of frustration at official complacency in the face of a spiritual threat, as well as being a practical guide for law-officers who have to deal with a cunning, dangerous enemy. Combining theological discussion, illustrative anecdotes, and useful advice for those involved in suppressing witchcraft, its influence on witchcraft studies has been extensive. The only previous translation into English, that by Montague Summers produced in 1928, is full of inaccuracies. It is written in a style almost unreadable nowadays, and is unfortunately coloured by his personal agenda. This new edited translation, with an introductory essay setting witchcraft, Institoris, and the Malleus into clear, readable English, corrects Summers’ mistakes and offers a lean, unvarnished version of what Institoris actually wrote. It will undoubtedly become the standard translation of this important and controversial late-medieval text.

The Malleus Maleficarum

Author: Heinrich Institoris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
This title offers a new translation of the medieval treatise on witchcraft, the Malleus Maleficarum, by the Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Institoris.

The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger

Author: Montague Summers
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122697
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
Full text of most important witchhunter's "bible," used by both Catholics and Protestants. First published in 1486, the book includes everything known at the time about cults, illicit sex, dealings with the devil, and more.

The Malleus Maleficarum Revised

Author: Heinrich Kramer James Sprenger
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1773563122
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 357

Book Description
The Malleus Maleficarum is probably one of the most notorious books of Catholic Church history. Originally put out when the Inquisition was in full force, this book and the text it contains condemned thousands of innocent people to needless deaths. Most of what today's society and culture thinks of the witches and the occult comes from these pages. Although this text is largely misguided and inaccurate from even a scriptural standpoint, the fact remains that it has molded our views on those who practice occult arts in many ways. Take a look into the past! Get a cold taste of the past within these pages. Now in larger print!