THE MALLEUS MALIFICARUM

by SPRENGER AND KRAMER ~1484

The Malleus Malificarum was used as a witch-hunting manual. It describes various methods to capture a witch, and properly torture them for effective confessions. It also mentions the evil ways of witches, and some famous witches.
CONTENTS
Bull of Pope Innocent VIII

THE FIRST PART - THE FIRST PART - TREATING OF THE THREE NECESSARY CONCOMITANTS OF WITCHCRAFT WHICH ARE THE DEVIL, A WITCH, AND THE PERMISSION OF ALMIGHTY GOD

THE SECOND PART - TREATING OF THE METHODS BY WHICH THE WORKS OF WITCHCRAFT ARE WROUGHT AND DIRECTED, AND HOW THEY MAY BE SUCCESSFULLY ANNULLED AND DISSOLVED

Resolved in but two Questions, yet these are divided into many Chapters.

THE THIRD PART - THE THIRD PART - RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND CIVIL COURTS AGAINST WITCHES AND INDEED ALL HERETICS
INDEX | DATES | PEOPLE | BOOKS | TORTURE | ARTWORK | WORDS | MISCELLANEOUS |

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