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The Malleus Maleficarum, [a] usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, [3] [b] is the best known treatise about witchcraft. [6] [7] It was written by the German Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name Henricus Institor) and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486.
It espoused the belief that witchcraft was an evil magical power. Mather saw witches as tools of the devil in Satan's battle to "overturn this poor plantation, the Puritan colony", and prosecution of witches as a way to secure God's blessings for the colony. Its arguments are largely derivative of Saducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvill. [1]
Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter's manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published in Milan (present-day Italy) in 1608. [1]It discusses witches' pacts with the devil, and detailed descriptions of witches’ powers and poisons.
Pages in category "Witchcraft in written fiction" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Witchcraft is very personal and modern-day witches can use kitchen items, household tools or whatever they please to start practicing. 4. "Witches were targeted because they were evil or bad."
In this course, students will learn how: to view the witch as a dominant controversial cultural figure in literature, film, and television, from surveying the impact of the witch hunts on literature, popular culture, and law making; examine how early to modern witch-hunts intersect with attitudes about gender, religion, and community; draw ...
According to Mar, witch spells really aren't much different than conventional prayers. "If you believe, like many do, that prayer is meaningful and can even be effective, and you can pray for any ...
Other examples of villainous witches in literature include the White Witch from C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Grand High Witch from Roald Dahl's The Witches. Living Alone, published in 1919, uses the "witch heroine" as an agent in support of female liberation.