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Richard Kieckhefer edited the text of the manuscript in 1998 under the title Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. Portions of the text, in English translation, are presented in Forbidden Rites as well, embedded within the author's essays and explanations on the Munich Manual in specific and grimoires in general. The ...
By the 15th century belief in witches was widely accepted in European society. Previously, those convicted of witchcraft typically suffered penalties no more harsh than public penances such as a day in the stocks , [ 18 ] but their prosecution became more brutal following the publication of the Malleus Maleficarum , as witchcraft became widely ...
Europe's Inner Demons: An Enquiry Inspired by the Great Witch-Hunt is a historical study of the beliefs regarding European witchcraft in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, with particular reference to the development of the witches' sabbat and its influence on the witch trials in the Early Modern period.
The Formicarius, written 1436–1438 by Johannes Nider during the Council of Florence and first printed in 1475, is the second book ever printed to discuss witchcraft (the first book being Alphonso de Spina's Fortalitium Fidei [1]). Nider dealt specifically with witchcraft in the fifth section of the book.
In his introduction, Summers insists that the reality of witchcraft is an essential part of Catholic doctrine and declares the Malleus an admirable and correct account of witchcraft and of the methods necessary to combat it. In fact, however, the Catholic authorities of the 15th century had condemned the Malleus on both ethical and legal ...
In response to the Bishop's criticism, Kramer began to write a treatise on witchcraft that later became the Malleus Maleficarum (commonly translated as "The Hammer of Witches"). The bull Summis desiderantes , which gave him the authority of prosecuting and investigating cases of sorcery, was included in the forefront of the book, first ...
This translation contains three of the four books. The magic described in the grimoire significantly influenced the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an organization Mathers co-founded. [1] In 2006, Georg Dehn edited and published The Book of Abramelin: A New Translation, which includes all four books and is based on the original German ...
This category is for articles on history books with witchcraft as a topic. Pages in category "History books about witchcraft" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.