Malleus Maleficarum: The Witch Hammer: Historically Annotated Edition

Including a detailed historical annotation on witchcraft through the ages, a historical examination of belief and persecution *** Jakob Sprenger, German theologian of the 15th century, and Heinrich Kramer are the authors of the 'Malleus Maleficarum' or 'Witch Hammer' (1489), which first formulated in detail the doctrine of witchcraft, and formed a textbook of procedure for witch trials. They were appointed inquisitors under the bull 'Summis desiderantes affectibus' of Innocent VIII in 1484,...