Also known as The Witch Hammer, The Malleus Maleficarum was a handbook for hunting and punishing witches-written by Inquisitors Heinrich Kramer (c.
Anyone interested in religion, the Inquisition, or the witch hunts that ravaged Europe will find this 1928 translation, by MONTAGUE SUMMERS (1880-1948), an unbelievable and enlightening read..
While some of the articles covered in The Witch Hammer are humorous to modern audiences, they were a matter of life and death in the mid-1400\'s.
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. 1436-1494), a Swiss monk-to assist the Inquisition and Church in exterminating undesirables. 1430-1505), an Alsatian clergyman, and JAMES SPRENGER (c.
Also known as The Witch Hammer, The Malleus Maleficarum was a handbook for hunting and punishing witches-written by Inquisitors Heinrich Kramer (c