Hammer of the Witches
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Hammer of the Witches
14.99 €
Throughout human history, there are books created to influence the minds of contemporaries and posterity. Some of them became moral compass for centuries, while others became chilling relics of bygone eras. Among the latter is the book "Malleus Maleficārum," the infamous "Hammer of Witches."
The treatise was written in 1486–1487 by the inquisitor Heinrich Kramer, who poured into this harsh text all his indignation at the verdict of the Bishop of Innsbruck: the Bishop not only acquitted the women for whom Kramer had sought the death penalty by burning at the stake, but also ordered Kramer himself to leave the city.
In the first part, the author vindictively accuses officials who denied witchcraft of heresy; in the second, he vividly describes the types of atrocities committed by the "servants," or rather, "female servants of the devil"; in the third, he formulates rules for his followers regarding the prosecution and harsh punishment of witches...
It is believed that the dean of the University of Cologne, inquisitor Jacob Sprenger, had little to do with the text and was brought in by Kramer as a co-author solely to enhance his work's credibility in the eyes of his contemporaries. It is difficult to say what played the decisive role, but the Malleus Maleficarum was indeed destined to occupy a special place among a considerable number of similar treatises and serve as a methodological guide for one of the darkest chapters in history...
The treatise was written in 1486–1487 by the inquisitor Heinrich Kramer, who poured into this harsh text all his indignation at the verdict of the Bishop of Innsbruck: the Bishop not only acquitted the women for whom Kramer had sought the death penalty by burning at the stake, but also ordered Kramer himself to leave the city.
In the first part, the author vindictively accuses officials who denied witchcraft of heresy; in the second, he vividly describes the types of atrocities committed by the "servants," or rather, "female servants of the devil"; in the third, he formulates rules for his followers regarding the prosecution and harsh punishment of witches...
It is believed that the dean of the University of Cologne, inquisitor Jacob Sprenger, had little to do with the text and was brought in by Kramer as a co-author solely to enhance his work's credibility in the eyes of his contemporaries. It is difficult to say what played the decisive role, but the Malleus Maleficarum was indeed destined to occupy a special place among a considerable number of similar treatises and serve as a methodological guide for one of the darkest chapters in history...
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