{"product_id":"hammer-of-the-witches-montague-summers-9781979315708","title":"Hammer of the Witches: Malleus Maleficarum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Guide to Hunting and Interrogating Witches\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHammer of the Witches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalleus Maleficarum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeinrich Kramer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Montague Summers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early legal codes of most European nations contain laws directed against witchcraft. Thus, for example, the oldest document of Frankish legislation, the Salic Law (Lex salica), which was reduced to a written form and promulgated under Clovis, who died 27 November, 511, mulcts (sic) those who practise magic with various fines, especially when it could be proven that the accused launched a deadly curse, or had tied the Witch's Knot. This latter charm was usually a long cord tightly tied up in elaborate loops, among whose reticulations it was customary to insert the feathers of a black hen, a raven, or some other bird which had, or was presumed to have, no speck of white. This is one of the oldest instruments of witchcraft and is known in all countries and among all nations. It was put to various uses. The wizards of Finland, when they sold wind in the three knots of a rope. If the first knot were undone a gentle breeze sprang up; if the second, it blew a mackerel gale; if the third, a hurricane. But the Witch's Ladder, as it was often known, could be used with far more baleful effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Montague Summers, Heinrich Kramer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1979315701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781979315708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Montague Summers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989597978879,"sku":"9781979315708","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2b30a2a-6f09-4a07-a135-0dc96f035090.jpg?v=1683300425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hammer-of-the-witches-montague-summers-9781979315708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}