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Mentioned in 11 episodes

The Malleus Maleficarum

The Hammer of the Witches

Book •

Heinrich Kramer

The Malleus Maleficarum, or "Hammer of Witches," is a treatise on witchcraft written by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger.

Published in 1486, it became a foundational text for witch hunts in early modern Europe.

The book details the authors' beliefs about a global conspiracy of witches led by Satan, outlining methods for identifying and prosecuting them.

It promoted the use of torture to extract confessions and advocated for the death penalty for those found guilty.

The Malleus Maleficarum's influence contributed significantly to the widespread persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft.

Its misogynistic views and promotion of violence continue to be studied and criticized.

Mentioned by

Leon Windscheid

Suzannah Lipscomb

Douglas Batchelor

Marko Rösseler

Sebastian Major

Mentioned in 11 episodes

Mentioned by

William Happer

as the first book on witches.

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Mentioned by

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as a witch-hunting manual.

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Erwähnt von

Leon Windscheid

als religionspolitische Streitschrift, die eine scharfe Widerlegung für alle darstellt, die sagten, es gäbe überhaupt keine Hexen.

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Mentioned by

Greg Jenner

as a book related to the European witch craze.

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Mentioned by

Suzannah Lipscomb

while discussing the book's role in escalating the witch craze.

Mentioned by

Noel Brown

and

Ben Bowlin

as a book about hunting witches, also known as the Hammer of the Witches.

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Erwähnt von

Marko Rösseler

im Zusammenhang mit der Hexenverfolgung im 15. Jahrhundert.

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Mentioned by

Kara Swisher

when discussing the best-selling book of the Gutenberg age.

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Mentioned by

Douglas Batchelor

as a very influential text, if not the most reprinted demonological text of all time.

Mentioned by

Hetta Howes

in the discussion of other sources used at the time.

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Mentioned by

Dan Snow

as the infamous witch-hunting manual written by Heinrich Kramer.

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Mentioned as a source that suggests prosecutors manipulate suspects.

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Mentioned by

Sebastian Major

as a notorious witch-hunting manual that argued Europe was under siege by witches.

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Mentioned by

Sebastian Major

as an infamous 16th century witch-hunting text that argues that witches are real.

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Mentioned by

Frank Vasquez

in a discussion about the impact of the printing press and the spread of ideas.

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Mentioned when discussing the Malleus Maleficarum's historical significance.

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Mentioned as a best-selling book that fueled interest in the idea that witches lived amongst us during the Reformation.

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Mentioned by

Sebastian Major

as a book associated with the era and associating evil magic with women.

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