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<p>What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new ones. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-theorists' attempted to answer such questions, and of these perhaps the most famous are the Dominican inquisitors Heinrich Institoris and Jacob Sprenger, the authors of the Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches. <p>The Malleus is an

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Author

Hans Peter Broedel

Publisher

Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780719064418

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Philosophy, Body Mind & Spirit

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-25