The Malleus maleficarum [of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger.] Translated with introductions, bibliography, and notes by Montague Summers.
Contributors: Sprenger, Jakob, 1436 or 8-1495,
Publisher: Blom
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Criminal procedure (Canon law); Demonology; Witchcraft
Description: For nearly three centuries Malleus Maleficarum (the witches hammer) was the professional manual for witch hunters. This book by two of the most famous Inquisitors of the age is still a document of the force of that eras beliefs. Under a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII, Kramer and Sprenger exposed the heresy of those who did not believe in witches and set forth the proper order of the world with devils, witches, and the will of god. Even if you do not believe in the witchcraft, the world of 1484 did.
Notes: "A note upon the bibliography of the Malleus maleficarum": p. [xli]-xlii.

Reprint of the 1928 ed.