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The Hammer of Witches

Malleus Maleficarum
Book • 1487
The Hammer of Witches, or Malleus Maleficarum, is a detailed legal and theological document written by Heinrich Kramer and associated with Jacob Sprenger.

It elevates sorcery to the status of heresy and prescribes inquisitorial practices, including torture and execution, to extirpate witches.

The book had a profound influence on European culture and contributed to the brutal prosecution of witchcraft during the Renaissance.

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Mentioned in 13 episodes

Mentioned by Yuval Noah Harari as a key text of the European witch hunt.
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NEXUS (Part 1): Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? (with Yuval Noah Harari)
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Nicole Wong
as one of the first big bestsellers, a manual to identifying and killing witches.
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Yuval Noah Harari – Humanity in the Age of AI (Summer Repeat)
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Yuval Noah Harari
to illustrate how print-era bestsellers spread a deadly conspiracy theory in early modern Europe.
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Mentioned by Yuval Noah Harari as a 15th-century bestseller that fueled the European witch hunts.
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Mentioned by Yuval Noah Harari as a 15th-century bestseller that fueled the European witch hunts.
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Yuval Noah Harari on AI & the Future of Information
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Kara Swisher
as a best-selling book during the era of the printing press.
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When AI F*s Up, Who’s to Blame? With Bruce Holsinger
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Timothy Gordon
as a book pulled out by Father Chad in the documentary, talking about witches.
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NXR Livestream - A Godly Woman Wears What Her Husband Wants W/Timothy Gordon @rulesforretrogrades
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Helen Lewis
when discussing a 15th-century text that framed women as dangerous witches and described alleged female powers and crimes.
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The History of Bad Ideas: Hysteria
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Jonathan Pageau
when comparing medieval witch-hunting tropes to modern witch imagery and feminist aims.
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461 - Rachel Wilson - Feminism Is the Political Arm of Witchcraft
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Yuval Harari
as a 15th-century bestseller that fueled the European witch hunts.
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SAPIENS author Yuval Noah Harari - Humanity in the Age of AI

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