The "Malleus Maleficarum" and the Construction of Witchcraft Theology and Popular Belief |
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| Author:
| Broedel, Hans Peter |
| Series title: | Studies in Early Modern European History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7190-6441-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2003 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $38.99 |
Book Description:
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Although The "Malleus" is recognized as an important medieval text, as a source it presents difficulties of contextual understanding and cannot be said to be representative of late medieval learned thinking. This study is an introduction to this work and to the conceptual world of its authors.
Although The "Malleus" is recognized as an important medieval text, as a source it presents difficulties of contextual understanding and cannot be said to be representative of late medieval learned thinking. This study is an introduction to this work and to the conceptual world of its authors.