If community leaders were plagued with problems they suspected were caused by the supernatural, they had only to turn to a handy book called the "Malleus Maleficarum," or "hammer of witches." ...

The widely-printed book, Malleus Maleficarum - which translates to the Hammer of Evil-Doers - depicted witchcraft as a 'conspiratorial activity against godly society' rather than benign 'mischief ...

Malleus Maleficarum' -- or 'The Witches' Hammer' -- indoctrinated the world to 'the dangers of freethinking women' and instructed the clergy how to locate, torture and destroy them. Those deemed ...

(The Conversation) — Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her hands. (The Conversation) — Books have ...

The Malleus Maleficarum, or The Hammer of Witches, is one of the best-known texts on how to identify a witch and how to punish them. This book was written by Heinrich Kramer and published in 1486.

"The Malleus Maleficarum, also known as 'The Hammer of Witches," said John Ott, a professor of medieval history and department chair at PSU. "One of the more famous and better known witch-hunting ...

THE Pope's Bull is printed as preface to all editions of the “Malleus maleficarum.” It was taken as authoritative by Catholic inquisitors, and, presumably, by most of the faithful. This is ...

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