The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft: Theology and popular belief

What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-theorists' attempted to provide the answers to su...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Broedel, Hans Peter
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester University Press 2021
Subjects:	maleficarum witchcraft witches God Heresy Superstition thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRY Alternative belief systems::QRYX Occult studies::QRYX5 Witchcraft
Online Access:	341393
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