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An Unusual Inquisition : Translated Documents from Heinricus Institoris's Witch Hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck

By Christopher S. Mackay

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2020
ISBN
9789004423800, 9789004423787
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1265124 bytes)
Series
Studies in Central European Histories Series
Edition
1
Pages
310\310
Time added
2023-08-25 01:07:28

Description

Heinricus Institoris is the major author of the Malleus Maleficarum, the best known early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This work was heavily influenced by Institoris's activities as inquisitor in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. This volume contains the only complete translations of a large number of documents pertaining to these inquisitions, and is a companion to a new (and the only complete) edition of these texts, which shed much light on the composition of the Malleus Maleficarum in general.

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