Malleus Maleficarum
Автор:
Heinrich KramerЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2026-09-01Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
252
Description
Malleus Maleficarum, often translated as The Hammer of Witches, is a treatise on witchcraft by Heinrich Kramer published in 1486. At that time, witchcraft was not widely believed to be real, and prosecutions were rare. Many churchmen considered it to be a fairly harmless superstition and any actual punishment was light. Kramer felt the danger from witches must be taken more seriously, and so he responded with this manual on witch hunting.
The first part outlines why witchcraft is a real and persistent danger, citing philosophers and church fathers from...
