The 'Malleus Maleficarum' and the Construction of Witchcraft: Theology and Popular Belief (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719064418)

Shows the Malleus, a very well known and widely quoted medieval text, to be highly idiosyncratic, and unusual in its ideas, even among the texts of other contemporary witch-theorists. The first book to deal with the discourse of witchcraft among fifteenth-century theorists in its full complexity. Attempts to understand witchcraft as part of the Malleus' authors' wider intellectual world. Shows how contemporary scholars engaged in a lively debate over the nature of witchcraft. A further addition to MUP's highly regarded collection of books on witchcraft.

Author: Hans Broedel
ISBN-10: 0719064414
ISBN-13: 9780719064418
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2003
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2084