Malleus maleficarum, the medieval witch hunter book. Malleus maleficarum work by kraemer and sprenger britannica. Summers read theology at oxford university and worked as a teacher of english and latin before turning to writing, producing wellreceived scholarly works on 17th century theatre and publishing new editions. Between the years 1487 and 1520, it was published thirteen times, and between 1574 to 1669 it was again published sixteen times. Malleus maleficarum project gutenberg selfpublishing.
If you prefer, use the pdf version with our compliments. Edited excerpts from translation by montague summers london, 1928 1972. Guazzos compendium was accepted by his contemporaries as the authoritative manuscript on witchcraft. Malleus maleficarum and its modern reception illustrates gender bias toward constructing men as demons, blaming men for corrupting women, and.
The method of beginning an examination by torture is as follows. It is by no means the only book that discussed in depth the issue of witchcraft, but it is by far the most notable one. Adobe pdf version ebook version ms word version write us the malleus maleficarum the witch hammer, first. The malleus maleficarum, a latin book written in 1486 and 1487, is also known as the hammer of witches. Such criticism was not meant to be taken literally categorically. Eternian malleus maleficarum encyclopaedia metallum. In our rare book collections we have a number of curious works by montague summers 18801948, an eccentric catholic clergyman, occultist and authority on english restoration drama.
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Montague summers and the malleus maleficarum in the cardiff rare books collection posted on february 15, 20 by siskg1 3 comments in our rare book collections we have a number of curious works by montague summers 18801948, an eccentric catholic clergyman, occultist and authority on english restoration drama. Written in the 1400s by 2 german church officials, it is an extremely longwinded explanation of what witches are, what they do, how to identify them and how to handle their judgment and sentencing when they have been brought into secular and religious courts. The compendium not only gives an organized account of the subject matter but. Whether or not the work was ever officially banned by the catholic church, the malleus maleficarum became the defacto handbook for witchhunters and inquisitors throughout late medieval europe. The malleus maleficarum latin for the hammer of witches, or hexenhammer in german is one of the most famous medieval treatises on witches.
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