Hammer of the Witches
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Hammer of the Witches
14.99 €
11.99 €
A gift edition with a black painted cut. Illustrated by old engravings. The cover is decorated with red and black foil and blint three-dimensional embossing. Colored flyers with author's illustration from Redium.
The Hammer of Witches, a famous medieval treatise written at the end of the fifteenth century, served not only as a textbook of the Inquisition, but also as the embodiment of mass paranoia and superstitions of that era. Compiled by Dominican monks Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, this work combines the church’s experience with heresy and witches, becoming the most significant document on the topic in its time.
The work is a kind of guide for inquisitors, offering methods for recognizing and catching witches, conducting interrogations and conducting inquisition investigations. The authors refer to authoritative sources ranging from Aristotle to John Chrysostom, illustrating their statements with lively and entertaining examples from practice.
The Hammer of Witches, which became a bestseller in the Middle Ages, today serves as a gloomy but important reminder of the incredible human delusions and cruelty of those times. The book is of interest to researchers and anyone who wants to understand the psychology of mass fear and insanity that swept Europe during the Middle Ages.
The Hammer of Witches, a famous medieval treatise written at the end of the fifteenth century, served not only as a textbook of the Inquisition, but also as the embodiment of mass paranoia and superstitions of that era. Compiled by Dominican monks Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, this work combines the church’s experience with heresy and witches, becoming the most significant document on the topic in its time.
The work is a kind of guide for inquisitors, offering methods for recognizing and catching witches, conducting interrogations and conducting inquisition investigations. The authors refer to authoritative sources ranging from Aristotle to John Chrysostom, illustrating their statements with lively and entertaining examples from practice.
The Hammer of Witches, which became a bestseller in the Middle Ages, today serves as a gloomy but important reminder of the incredible human delusions and cruelty of those times. The book is of interest to researchers and anyone who wants to understand the psychology of mass fear and insanity that swept Europe during the Middle Ages.
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