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What does Malleus Maleficarum mean?
the Hammer of Witches
The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise on witchcraft. It was written by the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name Henricus Institor) and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486.
What does the Malleus Maleficarum say?
The Malleus claimed that witchcraft was the most abominable of all heresies, and gave four reasons as to why. They were the devotion of body and soul to evil, sexual relationships with incubi, the renunciation of the Christian faith, and the sacrifice of unbaptized infants to Satan.
What kind of document is Malleus Maleficarum?
Malleus maleficarum, (Latin: “Hammer of Witches”) detailed legal and theological document (c. 1486) regarded as the standard handbook on witchcraft, including its detection and its extirpation, until well into the 18th century.
Who wrote Malleus Maleficarum?
Heinrich KramerJacob Sprenger
Malleus Maleficarum/Authors
Why did the witch hunts end?
As 1692 passed into 1693, the hysteria began to lose steam. The governor of the colony, upon hearing that his own wife was accused of witchcraft ordered an end to the trials.
Who was the last person accused of witchcraft in Salem?
On September 22, Martha Cory went to the gallows along with seven other convicted witches, in what would be the last hangings of the Salem Witch Trials.
Why did the witch-hunts end?
When was the last witch burning?
Some sources give the date of the Dornoch execution as June 1722….
| Janet Horne | |
|---|---|
| Died | June 1727 Dornoch, Scotland |
| Cause of death | Burned alive |
| Monuments | The Witch’s Stone in Littletown, Dornoch. |
| Known for | Last person to be executed legally for witchcraft in the British Isles |
What is Malius?
: the outermost of a chain of three small bones of the mammalian middle ear. — called also hammer. — see ear illustration.