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Record Nr.

UNINA9910865499303321

Autore

Broedel Hans Peter

Titolo

The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft : theology and popular belief / / Hans Peter Broedel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed by Palgrave, 2003

ISBN

1-78170-041-9

1-280-73440-X

9786610734405

1-84779-075-5

1-4237-0647-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Studies in early modern European history

Disciplina

133.4309024

Soggetti

Witchcraft - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on translation; 1 Introduction: contested categories; 2 Origins and arguments; 3 The inquisitors' devil; 4 Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God; 5 Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part one; 6 Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part two; 7 Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What was witchcraft? Were witches real? How should witches be identified? How should they be judged? Towards the end of the middle ages these were serious and important questions - and completely new. Between 1430 and 1500, a number of learned 'witch-