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The Witch Craze

You're Dead to Me

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Malis Malifacam - The Hammer of the Witches

Malis malificarum was written by a German dominican monk called heinrish crammer, whom professor malcolm gaskell his described as a superstitious psychopath. He reproduces a papal borsan ordered by the pope at the beginning of the book, which says that whitches are heretics. And so it looks like he's acting for the church, that he's their official spokesman. But in fact, he's someone who's jumped up and done exactly what he said and puts himself in this roll as authority figure. This is how witchcraft became a crime - black magic becoming a capital offence. A vampire folk lore is also connected to witches as well in transyl

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