'Malleus Maleficarum' and the Construction of Witchcraft Theology and Popular Belief

Name: 'Malleus Maleficarum' and the Construction of Witchcraft Theology and Popular Belief
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ISBN: 9780719064418

ISBN-10: 0719064414

ISBN-13: 9780719064418

Edition: 2003

Authors: Hans Broedel, Joseph Bergin, Penny Roberts, Bill Naphy

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Although The 'Malleus' is recognized as an important medieval text, as a source it presents difficulties of contextual understanding and cannot be said to be representative of late medieval learned thinking. This study is an introduction to this work and to the conceptual world of its authors.

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 11/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Introduction


Authors and Arguments


The Inquisitors' Devil


Misfortune, Witchcraft and the Will of God


Witchcraft: The Formation of Belief



Evidence and Interpretation


Witchcraft: The Formation of Belief



Witchcraft as an Expression of Female Sexuality


Bibliography