The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft : theology and popular belief / Hans Peter Broedel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broedel, Hans Peter.

Series:

Studies in early modern European history.

Studies in early modern European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--History--To 1500.

Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505. Malleus maleficarum.

Sprenger, Jakob, 1436 or 8-1495. Malleus maleficarum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed by Palgrave, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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-

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on translation; 1 Introduction: contested categories; 2 Origins and arguments; 3 The inquisitors' devil; 4 Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God; 5 Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part one; 6 Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part two; 7 Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 10/01/2020)

ISBN:

1-78170-041-9

1-280-73440-X

9786610734405

1-84779-075-5

1-4237-0647-1

OCLC:

1153035518