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The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger (Dover Occult) Paperback – June 1, 1971

by Heinrich Kramer (Author), James Sprenger (Author), Montague Summers (Translator)
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Product Details

  • Series: Dover Occult
  • Paperback: 278 pages
  • Publisher: Dover; 1st edition (June 1, 1971)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486228029
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486228020
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
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326 of 368 people found the following review helpful
The Hammer of The Witches: A Classic of Ignorance
By Konrei on November 25, 1999
Format: Paperback
Rating the MALLEUS MALEFICARUM is an exercise is frustration. One cannot "enjoy" this book; like MEIN KAMPF, one reads it for its historical importance. This book should form a part of every thinking person's library as a warning beacon, if for no other reason that it is a seminal textbook on the inhumanity of humanity.
First written in 1484 by the Friars Kramer and Sprenger, (and reprinted endlessly), the MALLEUS was immediately given the imprimatur of the Holy See as the most important work on witchcraft, to date. And so it remains.
The MALLEUS MALEFICARUM is a compendium of fifteenth century paranoias, all the more frightening for its totalitarian modernity. ("Anything that is done for the benefit of the State is Good.") In form, it is a "how to" guide on recognizing, capturing, torturing, and executing witches. In substance, it is a diatribe against women, heretics, independent thinkers, romantic lovers, the sensitive passions, human sexuality, and compassion.
"Vanity of vanities" indeed. In writing the MALLEUS, Kramer and Spenger claimed to be doing "God's work"; these men, and those who followed them worshiped only their own arrogance. Read it and Be Afraid, my friends.
Forming a portion of every working law library for 300 years, there is no estimate of how many women and men were put to death through the mechanism of this benighted book. Some historians estimate that the numbers may run into the millions.
The text is rife with "caselaw" examples of witchcraft, some of which are clearly delusional and some downright silly, or would be, if they hadn't ended in gruesome deaths for the accused.Read more ›
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40 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Harrowing but valuable text for students of the European witch hunt.
By Ms. H. Sinton on January 13, 2006
Format: Paperback
This infamous text is essential for any serious student of witchcraft in early modern Europe. Jakob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer were two Dominican monks who wrote this `guide' to witchcraft in 1486. It served as a guide book for inquisitors during the Inquisition, providing information on identifying witches, wringing confessions from them and discussing suitable punishment of offenders.

This text has become the definitive example of misogyny in the witch-hunts. Throughout the book there are negative references to women such as `When a woman thinks alone she thinks evil', `She is a liar by nature', `she is more carnal than a man as shown by her carnal abominations'. It also goes on to describe women as defective, weak, and basically claims any misfortune from illness through to crop failure was due to malign magic. Nothing had a natural cause in their view. Witches, according to Kramer and Sprenger, were responsible for all this plus infanticide, cannibalism, consorting with demons and any other abominable behaviour they could imagine.

Putting the misogyny aside, this text gives an in depth, if somewhat harrowing, view of what was involved when identifying, interrogating and punishing the unfortunate accused. It is not a comfortable read to say the least, showing as it does mankind's complete inhumanity to fellow man during this period. This is no lightweight, quick read but it is divided into manageable sections that make it less onerous to study and an excellent contents section makes it very simple to find particular topics. As a primary source it is an invaluable study aid and is a book that is a `must have' on any historians bookshelf.
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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Personal opinion aside, it's still primary source material
By tr0g on May 22, 2002
Format: Paperback
I really must admit that I'm amazed at the people who either are horrified that this book exists or think it's the absolute truth. This book was written nearly 400 years ago, and needs to be viewed in context, which too many of the reviewers are incapable of doing. But enough of the soapbox, on to the book...
First off,... ignore the introduction. Rev. Summers has some truly bizarre and unsupportable beliefs about the prevalence and organization of witchcraft in the middle ages. Fifth column working to overthrow the whole of Christendom? ...
Once you get past the oddly humourous intro, the book begins to bog. It's a slow, dull read. However, the material is vital in getting an understanding of the Church's then-current philosophy on dealing with witchcraft. You're not going to get a better picture unless you read the original Latin, which I doubt few of us are prepared for anymore. How much of this is necessary to the casual reader is debatable. There are multitudes of general histories written with a slant towards any position you favor that cover the same ground. They also don't get into as much detail as this, but then, how much do you need? It's primary source material for the truly dedicated.
Taken for what it is, a historical document, it gets 5 stars. Take off a half-star for the sometime ...[bad] printing you get from Dover. Take off another half-star for lingering doubts about the translation. Anybody with as much of an axe to grind as the Rev. Montague Summers may have 'aided' the translation a bit, but that is simply speculation on my part.
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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful
a useful if disturbing source
By A Customer on March 15, 2000
Format: Paperback
The Malleus is a timepiece. It reflects the views of certain men at a specfic time. Recent historical research has proved the Malleus to have been of limited use to actual judges in deciding the veracity witchcraft accusations. Most of these judges were not even Catholic, as the authors were. Evidence suggests that even the more rabid judges were loathe to use a document as vitriolic as the Malleus. Although it is an important look at the terrifying possibilities of ignorance and hate, the Malleus should never be seen by anyone as a window into the hearts and minds of all men or persons in authority at the time. As a woman, I am nearly as amused as I am offended by it. (Including the rediculous intro by Montague) Certainly, however, it should never be held up by modern witches as an emblem of medieval/early modern prejudice against their religion. Accused witches of the "burning times" were overwhelmingly Christian women caught up in social or political conflicts of a very local nature. To assign them beliefs that, if confronted with, they would have rejected out of hand (and did)is a grave disservice to the victims. Read it, but also read Sharpe, Larner, Thomas and Underdown.
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Five Stars

As advertised! Thank you!

Published 5 days ago by Timi Headley
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good to have a copy but it is old and not used much anymore.

Published 14 months ago by Gail Mccallum
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