Malleus Maleficarum, title page for the 1669 edition. This work, the title of which translates as 'Hammer of Witches', was first written in 1486 and p
Malleus Maleficarum, title page for the 1669 edition. This work, the title of which translates as 'Hammer of Witches', was first written in 1486 and published the following year. It is a treatise on the prosecution of witches, and was written by German priest Heinrich Kramer, with Jacob Sprenger added as a co-author after 1519. This work contributed to the increasingly brutal methods used during the 16th and 17th centuries to uncover, convict and punish those suspected of witchcraft. This edition was published in Lyon, France, by Claude Bourgeat, with the artwork symbolising the publishers, with the winged god Mercury holding a caduceus to represent printing.
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