"An unusual inquisition": translated documents from Heinricus Institoris's witch hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck
"Heinricus Institoris is the major author of the Malleus Maleficarum, the best known early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This work was heavily influenced by Institoris's activities as inquisitor in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. This volume contains the only complete translatio...
| Published in: | Studies in Central European histories |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Studies in Central European histories (volume 67)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in Central European histories
volume 67 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Institoris, Heinrich 1430-1505, Malleus maleficarum
/ Ravensburg
/ Innsbruck
/ Witch trial
/ Inquisition
/ History 1483-1486
B Georg, Brixen, Bischof -1443 / Witch-hunting |
| Further subjects: | B
Institoris, Heinrich (1430-1505) Malleus maleficarum
B Witchcraft Early works to 1800 B Demonology Early works to 1800 B Correspondence B Criminal procedure (Canon law) Early works to 1800 |
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Table of Contents |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Heinricus Institoris is the major author of the Malleus Maleficarum, the best known early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This work was heavily influenced by Institoris's activities as inquisitor in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. This volume contains the only complete translations of a large number of documents pertaining to these inquisitions, and is a companion to a new (and the only complete) edition of these texts, which shed much light on the composition of the Malleus Maleficarum in general"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index Originaltexte in lateinisch und mittelhochdeutsch in: Est insolitum inquirere taliter. Latin and German documents from Heinricus Institoris's witch hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck. Christopher S. Mackay. Leiden, Boston. Brill |
| ISBN: | 9004423788 |