Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 16,95 MB
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0486121100
Extraordinary document (1608) on witchcraft and demonology offers striking insight into early 17th century mind. Serious discussions of witches’ powers, poisons, crimes, more. Rare limited edition.
Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585092468
Were witches real in the Middle Ages? This handbook on witchcraft, first published in 1628, claims to expose the entire practice and profession of witchcraft. Was used as support in the accusation of witches at the time, although we can recognize much of it today as being paranoid superstition by religious authorities. The book is valuable because it allows one to view the extreme superstition surrounding witchcraft at the time, and to better understand the degree of persecution that resulted.
Author : Christopher S. Mackay
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 957 pages
File Size : 27,91 MB
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 110739371X
The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, religion and society. Mackay's highly acclaimed translation, based on his extensive research and detailed analysis of the Latin text, is the only complete English version available, and the most reliable. Now available in a single volume, this key text is at last accessible to students and scholars of medieval history and literature. With detailed explanatory notes and a guide to further reading, this volume offers a unique insight into the fifteenth-century mind and its sense of sin, punishment and retribution.
Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Demonology
ISBN :
Author : Jakob Sprenger
Publisher : Martino Fine Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 26,40 MB
Release : 2011-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781891396557
2011 Reprint of 1928 Edition. The Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for "The Hammer of Witches") is a famous treatise on witches, written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer, an Inquisitor of the Catholic Church, and was first published in Germany in 1487. Jacob Sprenger is also often attributed as an author. The main purpose of the Malleus was to attempt to systematically refute arguments claiming that witchcraft does not exist, discredit those who expressed skepticism about its reality, to claim that witches were more often women than men, and to educate magistrates on the procedures that could find them out and convict them. This edition of Malleus Maleficarum is here translated into English for the first time. It contains a note upon the bibliography of the Malleus Maleficarum and includes bibliographical references. Translated, with introductions, bibliography and notes by Montague Summers.
Author : Montague Summers
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1528799852
This fascinating volume delves into the history of witchcraft and demonology. Witchcraft and Black Magic gives an extensive history of what Montague Summers deems to be Satanic practises. First published in 1946, this handbook gathers vivid detail from a wealth of sources and references that enhance its overview of black magic. Montague Summers’ research explores numerous court records, personal accounts, and classic works of literature, as well as taking evidence from the Bible. A devout Catholic, Summers writes about witchcraft in great detail, examining historic events, such as the Salem witch trials, with a close eye. The chapters in this chilling volume include: - What is Witchcraft? How Does One Become a Witch? - The Familiar, in Human Shape and Animal - Witchcraft at Cambridge and Oxford - The Origins of Witchcraft - The Library of Witches - The Magus (1801) of Francis Barrett - Sympathetic Magic Complete with an introduction to the folklore and history of witchcraft, Read & Co. Books has republished this classic guide to black magic in a brand new edition. A must-read for conspiracy theorists and those with an interest in the historical background of witchcraft.
Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 39,30 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781494050764
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Demonology
ISBN :
Author : Leo Frankowski
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 1037 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1618245074
One moment Conrad Schwartz was suffering from a severe hangover as he hiked through the mountains of present-day Poland, the next he was hurled back to the same country in the 13th century. He remembered from his history classes that in another ten years, Mongol hordes were scheduled to attack, pillage, burn and kill¾and Conrad was likely to suffer all of the above. So, he set out to turn Poland into a world power by introducing universal education, aircraft, radios, steamboats, and generally discourage Mongols or anybody else from messing with either Poland or Conrad. But things weren't going to be quite that simple. . . . The Mongols were not quite as awed by advanced technology as he had hoped.He was under observation by mysterious Time Lords who didn't approve of disruptions in the flow of historical time.Last, and anything but least, he had married the formidable Lady Francine, and there was absolutely nothing simple about that noble-born and tempestuous woman. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Francesco Maria Guazzo
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,85 MB
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780404184131
Extraordinary document (1608) on witchcraft and demonology offers striking insight into early 17th century mind. Serious discussions of witches' powers, poisons, crimes, more.
