An unusual inquisition : translated documents from Heinricus Institoris's witch hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck / by Christopher S. Mackay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackay, Christopher S., 1962- author.

Series:

Studies in Central European histories ; Volume 67.

Studies in central European histories ; Volume 67

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Early works to 1800.

Witchcraft.

Demonology--Early works to 1800.

Demonology.

Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505. Malleus maleficarum.

Institoris, Heinrich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Language Note:

Collection of documents translated from German and Latin.

Summary:

"Heinricus Institoris is the major author of the Malleus Maleficarum, the best known early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This work was heavily influenced by Institoris's activities as inquisitor in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. This volume contains the only complete translations of a large number of documents pertaining to these inquisitions, and is a companion to a new (and the only complete) edition of these texts, which shed much light on the composition of the Malleus Maleficarum in general".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Bibliography

Translation Notes

Decretals Cited

Texts

Document 1 Letter from the Burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke Sigismund of the Tyrol, December 17, 1484

Document 2 Urfehde (Guarantee of Good Behavior) for a Woman Presumably Questioned for Witchcraft by Institoris, Ravensburg, October 23, 1484

Document 3 Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to His Ecclesiastical Subordinates, July 23, 1485

Document 4 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485

Document 5 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21, 1485

Document 6 Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen, October 8, 1485

Document 7 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, Parish Priest of Axams, Undated

Document 8 Vernacular Protocol

Document 9 Protocols of the Hearings Conducted against the Seven Arrested Women

Document 10 Articles of Suspected Crimes and List of Questions for the Further Investigation of the Seven Suspects after Their Release

Document 11 Record of the Proceedings against the Seven Accused, October 29 and 31 and November 3, 1485

Document 12 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485

Document 13 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an Unnamed Parish Priest in Innsbruck, November 14, 1485

Document 14 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to a Brother Nicholas, February 9, 1486

Document 15 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486

Document 16 Brixen Memorandum

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-42380-X

OCLC:

1137178857

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004423800 DOI