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Malleus Maleficarum

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A handbook for hunting and punishing witches to assist the Inquisition and Church in exterminating undesirables. Mostly a compilation of superstition and folklore, the book was taken very seriously at the time it was written in the 15th century and became a kind of spiritual law book used by judges to determine the guilt of the accused.

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Malleus Maleficarum, Heinrich Krämer, Jakob Sprenger

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2008
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Language
English
Released
2008
Format
Paperback
Pages
442
ISBN10
1605069418
ISBN13
9781605069418
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First published
1487
Original title
Malleus maleficarum
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A handbook for hunting and punishing witches to assist the Inquisition and Church in exterminating undesirables. Mostly a compilation of superstition and folklore, the book was taken very seriously at the time it was written in the 15th century and became a kind of spiritual law book used by judges to determine the guilt of the accused.