The Malleus maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger /
For nearly three centuries Malleus Maleficarum (the witches' hammer) was the professional manual for witch hunters. This book by two of the most famous Inquisitors of the age is still a document of the force of that eras beliefs. Under a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII, Kramer and Sprenger exposed t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dover,
1971.
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| Series: | Dover books on the Orient, mysticism, and related areas.
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| Summary: | For nearly three centuries Malleus Maleficarum (the witches' hammer) was the professional manual for witch hunters. This book by two of the most famous Inquisitors of the age is still a document of the force of that eras beliefs. Under a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII, Kramer and Sprenger exposed the heresy of those who did not believe in witches and set forth the proper order of the world with devils, witches, and the will of god. Even if you do not believe in the witchcraft, the world of 1484 did. |
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| Item Description: | "Dover edition first published in 1971, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by John Rodker, London, in 1928. It also contains and introduction by the Rev. Montague Summers prepared for the 1948 reprint."--Title page verso. "A note upon the bibliography of the Malleus maleficarum": pages [xli]-xlii. The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy [A1485353387E] is from the personal library of Edward W. Bryant Jr. |
| Physical Description: | xlv, 277 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0486228029 9780486228020 1585090980 9781585090983 |