The Witch Hammer

"The Witch Hammer" is a famous treatise from the late 15th century, embodying mass paranoia and superstition. Compiled by monks Sprenger and Kramer, it became an important document in the fight against heresy and witches, offering methods for recognizing and... capturing witches, conducting interrogations and investigations. The authors refer to authoritative sources, illustrating their claims with vivid and engaging examples from practice, asserting the existence of witches and their danger to society. Becoming a bestseller in its time, this document serves as a reminder of the incredibility of human delusions and cruelty, and is of interest to researchers and all those striving to understand the psychology of mass fear in the Middle Ages.

Author: Генрих Крамер, Якоб Шпренгер

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: Secrets of the Ages. Famous Mystical Books

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785041971663

Number of pages: 544

Size: 207x148x30 mm

Cover type: твердая

Weight: 636 g

ID: 1689888

"The Witch Hammer" is a famous treatise from the late 15th century, embodying mass paranoia and superstition. Compiled by monks Sprenger and Kramer, it became an important document in the fight against heresy and witches, offering methods for recognizing and capturing witches, conducting interrogations and investigations. The authors refer to authoritative sources, illustrating their claims with vivid and engaging examples from practice, asserting the existence of witches and their danger to society. Becoming a bestseller in its time, this document serves as a reminder of the incredibility of human delusions and cruelty, and is of interest to researchers and all those striving to understand the psychology of mass fear in the Middle Ages.

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