The Hammer of Witches

Heinrich Kramer’s "The Hammer of Witches" (Malleus Maleficarum), a cornerstone of early modern witch-hunting literature, emerges from a tumultuous period marked by superstition and socio-political upheaval. Written in a sophisticated scholastic style that blends theological argumentation with anecdotal evidence, the text intricately dissects the nature of witchcraft and the moral deficiencies of w...