Heinrich Kramer

‘The Witches Hammer’, also called Malleus Maleficarum, is a treatise written for the prosecution of witches.The disquisition was written by a German Catholic clergyman by the name of Heinrich Kramer in 1486 and published in 1487. The purpose of the book was to prove, to those with skepticism, that witchcraft did, in fact, exist, imply that women were involved in witchcraft more often than men because of the emotional weakness of the female gender, and persuade officials to use Kramer’s system of…

The Witch's Hammer A book written witch-hunt manual in 1486 written by Heinrich Kramer. Jacob Sprenger is also often attributed as an author basically saying that witchcraft did exist. The Malleus was used as a judicial case-book for the detection and persecution of witches By the 15th century witchcraft had resurfaced and had its penlites. It served as a guidebook and was designed to aid them in the identification,persecution,and the deaths of witches. It's a way to tell the marks of…

Maleficarum” , commonly translated to “The Witches Hammer” in the english language, is a book written in 1486 by a man named Heinrich Kramer who was an Inquisitor of the Catholic Church. Jacob Sprenger was also said to have contributed as an author though today some scholars now believe that Jacob Sprenger was only brought into association with the book as a way for Heinrich Kramer to lend the book more official authority. In the year of 1487 the book was first published in Speyer, Germany.…

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made by the nobility and clergy. Malleus maleficarum is a compilation of special manuals also known as hammers, and other manuscript manuals. The Malleus malficarum was one of the first ever witch-hunt manuals, written by two Dominican monks: Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, who is credited by modern people argue about his participation. The book is divided…

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Pagan and Wiccan community and if I would use it in my own practice. I will be discussing why it is important to know and any misconceptions me or any others have about this term. The Witch's Hammer or Malleus Maleificrum in Latin was written by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprencer. It was submitted on May 9th, 1487 but was not published at that…