Henrich Kramer: Malleus Maleficarum

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Henrich Kramer: Malleus Maleficarum
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https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844025.book-part-018

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The Malleus Maleficarum, commonly translated as the “Hammer of the Witches,” is an infamous late medieval treatise and guidebook for the identification and punishment of alleged witches. Written by the German Catholic clergyman and inquisitor Heinrich Kramer, the book is a compendium of literature on demonology as it was understood at the time of publication. The text’s significance lies in its role as the foundational text that fueled the European witch-hunting craze of the late medieval and early modern periods.

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