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The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger
from: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.4
EAN: 9780486228020
ISBN: 0486228029
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 278
Publication Date: June 01, 1971
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
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Editorial Review:
Full text of most important witchhunter’s "bible," used by both Catholics and Protestants.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A must read.
It's important to remember and read about the history of our world. The Malleus Maleficarum is a vital part of our history. To see how women were demonized and being treated in history is something that everyone should be familiar with. People wonder why the Catholic Church is unpopular with certain individuals, read this and you'll get a clue.
Rating: - Fascinating glimpse of Medieval logic
Please note: This particular version is translated and annotated by Montague Summers. Summers was ABSOLUTELY NOT a Catholic priest, despite some allegations otherwise. He was completely obsessed with the occult, was a friend of Aleister Crowley, and belonged to a secret, subversive order himself. His 1928 translation of the Malleus is very sympathetic to the Inquisitors. YOU HAVE TO read his contributions to this work through that lens and be careful what you believe!
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Rating: - Understand What This Is
Is this book about wiccans? No obviously not. It was written in the middle ages, wicca didn't exist in the middle ages. Ergo it can't possibly be about wicca. It's about witchcraft.
Witchcraft is the practice of magic or more specificly magic practiced to harm and destroy at least in this context. Thats the defenition that has been used in english for HUNDREDS of years. Wicca is a modern umbrella religion covering a wide range of idealized pagan practices combined with magic and ... Read More
Rating: - Good book for those who like history
This book is a great way into the mindset of the people of the time. We get a view into those involved with a terrible set of events the Spanish inquision.
Rating: - Heninrich Kramer
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