The "Malleus Maleficarum" and the construction of witchcraft: Theology and popular belief (Studies in Early Modern European His
The "Malleus Maleficarum" and the construction of witchcraft: Theology and popular belief (Studies in Early Modern European History MUP) by Hans Peter Broedel
English | Dec. 1, 2003 | ISBN: 0719064414 | 220 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | Dec. 1, 2003 | ISBN: 0719064414 | 220 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Shows the Malleus, a very well known and widely quoted medieval text, to be highly idiosyncratic, and unusual in its ideas, even among the texts of other contemporary witch-theorists. The first book to deal with the discourse of witchcraft among fifteenth-century theorists in its full complexity. Attempts to understand witchcraft as part of the Malleus' authors' wider intellectual world. Shows how contemporary scholars engaged in a lively debate over the nature of witchcraft. A further addition to MUP's highly regarded collection of books on witchcraft.