The Malleus Maleficarum or “Hammer of Witches” is the most important and infamous of all demonological and witch-hunting manuals in European history. This scholastic textbook details at length the nature, detection and eradication of what it took to be a diabolical, heretical sect of sorcery which served as nothing short of the final putsch on the part of Satan before the Apocalypse itself. In this episode I deep dive into the terrifying world of the Inquisition to better understand this most infamous work and the minds that produced it.
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Recommended Readings:
Mackay – The Hammer of Witches – 978-0521747875
Malleus Maleficarum 2 Volume Set – 978-1107642393
Levak – Witchcraft Sourcebook – 978-1138774971
Kors & Peters – Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History – 978-0812217513
Nider – Formicarius – https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Wc9WEqgqjZQC/page/n5/mode/2up
Eymeric – Directorium Inquisitorum – https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RJQY6qZZ95sC
