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Broedel, Hans Peter,

The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft : theology and popular belief / Hans Peter Broedel. - 1 online resource (209 pages). - Studies in early modern European history . - Studies in early modern European history. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index.

Contested categories -- Origins and arguments -- The inquisitors' devil -- Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God -- Witchcraft: the formation of belief -- part one -- Witchcraft: the formation of belief -- part two -- Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality.

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What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-


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2010.


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ISBN: 9781526137814 9780719064401 9780719064418 0719064414 0719064406 1423706471 9781423706472 9781847790750 1847790755 9781781700419 1781700419 9786610734405 6610734402 152613781X

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505. Malleus maleficarum.
Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505.
Sprenger, Jakob, 1436 or 1438-1495.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Malleus maleficarum (Institoris, Heinrich)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Witchcraft--History--Europe--To 1500.
Witchcraft--history.
History, Early Modern 1451-1600.
Humanities.
Religion and beliefs.
Alternative belief systems.
Occult studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Witchcraft & Wicca.
Witchcraft.
Malleus maleficarum (Institoris en Sprenger)
Hekserij.
Beeldvorming.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe.
Europe.

Subjects--Index Terms: maleficarum witchcraft witches

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BF1569

Dewey Class. No.: 133.4309024

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2014 A-707 WZ 309