‘Malleus Maleficarum’ — or ‘The Witches’ Hammer’ — indoctrinated the world to ‘the dangers of freethinking women’ and instructed the clergy how to locate, torture and destroy them.

Early modern Europe was no place for witches. Over the course of about 300 years up until the end of the 18th century, some 90,000 of the spell-casting hags were put on trial, with half being ...

One particularly damaging mass-produced book—a text called Malleus Maleficarum, written in 1487 by Heinrich Kramer, a Dominican friar—reshaped how the Western world saw the practice of witchcraft.

How the Malleus maleficarum fueled the witch trial craze. Thread starter JournalBot; Start date Oct 17, 2024; ... You'll find that such women aren't labelled as witches and burned today, ...

In the 15th century, the "Malleus Maleficarum," translated to "The Hammer of Witches," by Heinrich Kramer popularized the idea that witchcraft is to perform evil acts and spells, particularly ...

As fear of witches reached a fever pitch in Europe, witch hunters turned to the “Malleus Maleficarum,” or “Hammer of Witches,” for guidance.

The 'Malleus Maleficarum,' a medieval handbook, was used to try and execute supposed witches. Its influence lasted for centuries – including at the Salem Witch Trials. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston ...

A copy of the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches ) on view at the Salem Witch Trials exhibit at The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA on Sept. 24, 2020.