Hexenhammer

Description: Medieval woodcut from Compendium Maleficarum book illustrates Pact with Devil at the Witches’ Sabbath. Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter’s manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published …

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Description: The title page from one of the main medieval Inquisition books Demonomanie (La Démonomanie des sorciers) by Jean Bodin, 1580. PRINTABLE DIGITAL IMAGE Printable digital file can be used …

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Description: Medieval woodcut from “Compendium Maleficarum” book illustrates ritual of Sacrifice to the Devil at the Witches’ Sabbath. Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter’s manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria …

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Description: The title page from one of the best-known medieval Inquisition books Malleus Maleficarum (Der Hexenhammer, The Hammer of Witches). There were several republishing of this book. This title page …

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Description: The title page from one of the best-known medieval Inquisition books Malleus Maleficarum (Der Hexenhammer, The Hammer of Witches). There were several republishing of this book. This title page …

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