The Witches Hammer/Hammer of Witches
The Witches Hammer is the English Translation for the Malleus Maleficarum (Latin) or Der Hexenhammer (German) this is the infamous book which was written in 1486 by two monks and theology professors, Heinrich Kramer, an inquisitor of the Catholic Church, and Jacob Sprenger, it was first published in 1487 in Germany. It is now believed by many that Sprenger was not an author of the book, with his input being more symbolic than it was active.
The Witches Hammer was not the first or only written document regarding witchcraft during medieval times, it is however the most well known. This is likely due to the fact that it came out around the same time as Gutenberg’s (a publisher, printer and goldsmith who
The Witches Hammer is the English Translation for the Malleus Maleficarum (Latin) or Der Hexenhammer (German) this is the infamous book which was written in 1486 by two monks and theology professors, Heinrich Kramer, an inquisitor of the Catholic Church, and Jacob Sprenger, it was first published in 1487 in Germany. It is now believed by many that Sprenger was not an author of the book, with his input being more symbolic than it was active.
The Witches Hammer was not the first or only written document regarding witchcraft during medieval times, it is however the most well known. This is likely due to the fact that it came out around the same time as Gutenberg’s (a publisher, printer and goldsmith who