03743nam 2200517 450 991082256540332120230630003056.090-04-45476-4(CKB)4100000011938306(MiAaPQ)EBC6628115(Au-PeEL)EBL6628115(OCoLC)1233024222(EXLCZ)99410000001193830620220121d2021 uy 0laturcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEst insolitum inquirere taliter Latin and German documents from Heinricus Institoris's witch hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck /Christopher S. MackayLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2021]©20211 online resource (193 pages)Studies in Central European Histories ;Volume 6890-04-45148-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Letter from the burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke Sigismund of Austria, December 17, 1484 -- Guarantee of good behavior (Urfehde), Ravensburg, October 23, 1484 -- Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to his ecclesiastical subordinates, July 23, 1485 -- Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485 -- Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21, 1485 -- Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen, October 8, 1485 -- Letter of Biship Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, parish priest in Axams, undated (mid-October, 1485) -- Vernacular protocol -- Latin protocols against the seven accused women -- Latin articles of suspected crimes and list of questions for further investigation of the seven suspects after their release -- Record of the proceedings against the seven accused women, October 29-31 and November 3, 1485 -- Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485 -- Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an unnamed parish priest in Innsbruck, November 14, 1485 -- Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Brother Nicolas, February 9, 1486 -- Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486 -- The Brixen memorandum."This is the companion volume to the author's "An Unusual Inquisition": Translated Documents from Heinricus Institoris's Witch Hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck (Brill, 2020), and contains a full edition of the Latin and German documents illustrating Heinricus Institoris's activities as prosecutor of witchcraft in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. These events had a great influence on Institoris's composition of the Malleus Maleficarum, the most famous and influential early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This is the only full and complete edition of these documents, some of which have not previously been published in their entirety, and the texts greatly illuminate the historical setting of the composition of one of history's most notorious books"--Provided by publisher.Studies in Central European histories ;Volume 68.Trials (Witchcraft)AustriaEarly works to 1800WitchcraftEarly works to 1800Criminal procedure (Canon law)Early works to 1800DemonologyEarly works to 1800Trials (Witchcraft)WitchcraftCriminal procedure (Canon law)Demonology133.4/3Mackay Christopher S.1962-1633192MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822565403321Est insolitum inquirere taliter4022543UNINA