Malleusmaleficarum.org Website Review

one of the most famous medieval treatises on witches. It was written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, and was first published in Germany in 1487. Its main purpose was to challenge all arguments against the existence of witchcraft and to instruct magistrates on how Some modern scholars believe that Jacob Sprenger contributed little if anything to the work besides his name, but the evidence to support under the direction of Pope Paul IV. Therefore such claims are dubious, at best. I believe people are confusing the fact that the The papal bull, which appeared at the beginning of the book, could rightly be said to be misleading, because it addresses Kramer’s and Institoris and James Sprenger, inquisitors, to deal with persons of every clas* and with every form of crime (for example, with witchcraft General consensus is that Heinrich Kramer brought the Malleus Maleficarum before the University of Cologne requesting an endorsement, but was rebuffed. Tradition has it that Kramer forged the docu*ent that he included with his work, that he and James Sprenger parted ways on bad terms, and that Kramer was denounced by the Inquisition in 1490. One would expect, however, that had such a docu*ent been forged, Mr. Kramer would not have subsequently been able to conduct very popular lectures in Venice starting in 1495, much less be empowered to proceed against the Waldensians and Picards in 1500. The stigmatization of children as witches in the Niger Delta region, as a phenomenon, suddenly exploded in the 1990… Send us your e-mail address to receive our handy newsletter and updates.