Transcription of The Malleus Maleficarum
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
The Malleus Maleficarumfile:///C|/!! [2002-01-20 12:41:37 PM]THEMALLEUS MALEFICARUMof Heinrich Kramer and James SprengerUnabridged online republication of the 1928 edition. Introduction to the 1948 edition is also , notes, and two introductions by Montague Summers. A Bull of Innocent The Malleus Maleficaruml Search the Malleusl Introduction to Online Editionl Introduction to 1948 Editionl Introduction to 1928 Editionl A Note Upon the Bibliographyl The Bull of Innocent VIIIl Letter of Approbationdownloadsl Adobe PDF Versionl eBook Versionl MS Word Versionl Write Us The Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch Hammer), firstpublished in 1486, is arguably one of the most infamousbooks ever written, due primarily to its position and regardduring the Middle Ages. It served as a guidebook forInquisitors during the Inquisition, and was designed to aidthem in the identification, prosecution, and dispatching ofWitches.
The Malleus drew upon those beliefs, and, by its very existence, reinforced them and brought them into the codified belief system of the Catholic Church. In many ways, it could be said that it helped to validate the Inquisition itself. While the Malleus itself cannot be blamed for the Inquisition or the horrors inflicted upon
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}