02656nam 2200649Ia 450 991014687930332120200520144314.01-78170-041-91-280-73440-X97866107344051-84779-075-51-4237-0647-1(CKB)1000000000030943(EBL)589314(OCoLC)1153035518(SSID)ssj0000196304(PQKBManifestationID)11178740(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196304(PQKBWorkID)10141948(PQKB)10785200(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086899(MiAaPQ)EBC589314(MiAaPQ)EBC4083675(Au-PeEL)EBL589314(CaPaEBR)ebr10082121(CaONFJC)MIL73440(OCoLC)60638482(EXLCZ)99100000000003094320030904d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft[electronic resource] theology and popular belief /Hans Peter BroedelManchester ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed by Palgrave20031 online resource (220 p.)Studies in early modern European historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-6441-4 0-7190-6440-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.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; IndexWhat 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-Studies in early modern European history.WitchcraftHistoryTo 1500Electronic books.WitchcraftHistory133.4309024Broedel Hans Peter800719MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910146879303321The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft2265959UNINA