The Malleus Maleficarum accuses witches of infanticide, cannibalism and casting evil spells to harm their enemies as well as having the power to steal a man's penis. It goes on to give accounts of witches committing these crimes.

2024年12月31日 · Malleus maleficarum, detailed legal and theological document (c. 1486) regarded as the standard handbook on witchcraft, including its detection and its extirpation, until well into the 18th century. Its appearance did much to spur on and sustain some two centuries of witch-hunting hysteria in Europe.

Addeddate 2019-06-13 15:05:30 Associated-names Sprenger, Jakob, 1436 or 1438-1495; Summers, Montague, 1880-1948; Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505

Malleus Maleficarum is one of the most blood-soaked works in human history, in that its very existence reinforced and validated Catholic beliefs which led to the prosecution, torture, and murder, of tens of thousands of innocent people.

Malleus Maleficarum (1486) translated by Montague Summers [1928] This is the best known (i.e., the most infamous) of the witch-hunt manuals. Written in Latin, the Malleus was first submitted to the University of Cologne on May 9th, 1487. The title is translated as "The Hammer of Witches".

2024年5月18日 · This edition of Malleus Maleficarum, comprising 1275 numbered copies, is here translated into English from the edition of 1489 for the first time. The book is printed by Messrs. R. Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk, on a Dutch paper specially made for the edition.

2025年1月7日 · Jacob Sprenger’s involvement in the Malleus Maleficarum is a subject of significant historical debate. He was also a Dominican inquisitor, and while his name appears alongside Heinrich Kramer’s on the 1484 papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, which authorised the two men to combat witchcraft, it’s not known to what extent Sprenger actively …

2022年10月19日 · The Malleus Maleficarum, known in English as The Hammer of Witches, was first published in Germany in 1486 and became one of the most well-known books about witches. Special Collections at Washington University Libraries recently acquired an edition printed in Venice in 1574.

The Malleus Maleficarum or Der Hexenhammer (Latin/German for "The Hammer of Witches") is arguably the most infamous medieval European treatise that focused on identifying, characterizing, and combating witchcraft. It was written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger with the explicit endorsement of Pope Innocent VIII, who desired "that ...

The Malleus Maleficarum ("Hammer of Witches") is a famous treatise on witches written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer, an Inquisitor of the Catholic Church. Jacob Sprenger is also often attributed as an author.