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Description and Holding Information
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Malleus Maleficarum, 1494
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Anno deitat. Mcccc.xciiij. presens liber que editor mallau Malleficaru intitulauit per Antonium koberger Nurbergen. 'ciue est ipressus r ad huc finem
per ductus. xvii. dic me sis Marcii: by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, gothic type; two columns, 45 lines to the page; initials in red,
Nuremberg, Germany, A. Koberg, 1494. (Malleus Maleficarum is Latin for “The Hammer of Witches,” or in German “Hexenhammer.” It was was first published in
Germany in 1487. Kramer and Sprenger were priests of the Dominican Order who served as inquisitors for the Catholic Church. This seminal work served as a
handbook for inquisitors in the flurry of witchcraft trials that riled Late Medieval Europe. Its purpose was to challenge all arguments gainst the
existence of witchcraft and to instruct magistrates on how to indentify, interrgate and convict witches. It is also one of the formative works in the
development of criminl procedure in European law. The description is taken from the colophon. Subjects included are: Demonology, early works to 1800;
Witchcraft, early works to 1800; Canon Law, criminal procedure, early works to 1800; Incunabula, Germany, Nuremberg, 1494.)
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Title:
Malleus maleficarum.
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OCLC Number:
191883865
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Volume 1 | | Yes | No |
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