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The Malleus Maleficarum was written by the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer and was the most important witchhunter's bible, used by both Catholics and Protestants. First published in 1486, it remained in use for three hundred years and had a tremendous influence in the witch trials in England and on the continent. The book was used as a judicial case-book for the detection and persecution of witches, and elevated sorcery to the status of heresy, which at the time was punished by being burnt at the stake. The author had tried to prosecute witches previously in 1484, and had been kicked out of his city and dismissed as 'senile and crazy'. Undeterred he wrote The Malleus Maleficarum, possibly as an act of revenge and self-justification. The book specifies rules of evidence and the official procedures by which suspected witches were to be tortured and put to death. Thousands of people (mostly women) were murdered as a result of the procedures described in this book, for no reason other than a strange birthmark, living alone, mental illness, cultivation of medicinal herbs, or simply because they were falsely accused.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length18 hrs 46 mins
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Publish dateAug 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction To The Malleus Maleficarum: Introduction To The 1928 Version
26Chapter III
2Introduction To The 1948 Version
27Chapter IV
3Part I
28Chapter V
4Question I
29Chapter VI
5Question II
30Chapter VII
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6Question III
31Chapter VIII
7Question IV
32Chapter IX
8Question V
33Chapter X
9Question VI
34Chapter XI
10Question VII
35Chapter XII
11Question VIII
36Chapter XIII
12Question IX
37Chapter XIV
13Question X
38Chapter XV
14Question XI
39Chapter XVI
15Question XII
40Question II
16Question XIII
41Chapter I
17Question XIV
42Chapter II
18Question XV
43Chapter III
19Question XVI
44Chapter IV
20Question XVII: The Solutions of the Arguments again Declare the Truth by Comparison.
45Chapter V
21Question XVIII
46Chapter VI
22Part II
47Chapter VII
23Question I
48Chapter VIII
24Chapter I
49Part III
25Chapter II
50General And Introductory
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