![]() ![]() The literal translation of the title is The Hammer of Evil but the more common translation was The Witch Hammer and this document became the bible of inquisitors and witchfinders throughout the Christian world. At least 30 editions were published between 14. It was first published in about 1486 and became a regular bestseller. Most people have never heard of this treatise but it is arguably the most important document in the history of witchcraft. That was how I came across the legal treatise Malleus Maleficarum. ![]() ![]() I n writing about a medieval clairvoyant in The Silver Bride, charges of witchcraft in Mistress to the Crown and more recently in my new mss on the death of Shakespeare’s patron, I have had to research sorcery in the Middle Ages and Tudor eras. ![]()
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