Brill has published a new book on
primary sources related to Heinricus Institoris, the major author of the
Malleus Maleficarum.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Heinricus Institoris is the major
author of the Malleus Maleficarum, the best known early-modern textbook on
witchcraft. This work was heavily influenced by Institoris's activities as
inquisitor in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. This volume contains
the only complete translations of a large number of documents pertaining to
these inquisitions, and is a companion to a new (and the only complete) edition
of these texts, which shed much light on the composition of the Malleus
Maleficarum in general.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christopher S. Mackay (doctorate
in Classical philology from Harvard University, 1994) is full professor in the
Department of History and Classics of the University of Alberta. He has
published books on Roman history, and translations and editions of texts from
the early modern period, including the Malleus Maleficarum.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Bibliography
Translation Notes
List of Decretals Cited
Texts
1 Letter from the Burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke
Sigismund of the Tyrol, December 17, 1484
2 Urfehde (Guarantee of Good Behavior) for a Woman Presumably Questioned
for Witchcraft by Institoris, Ravensburg, October 23, 1484
3 Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to His Ecclesiastical
Subordinates, July 23, 1485
4 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485
5 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21,
1485
6 Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen,
October 8, 1485
7 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, Parish Priest of
Axams, Undated
8 Vernacular Protocol
9 Protocols of the Hearings Conducted against the Seven Arrested Women
10 Articles of Suspected Crimes and List of Questions for the Further Investigation
of the Seven Suspects after Their Release
11 Record of the Proceedings against the Seven Accused, October 29 and 31
and November 3, 1485
12 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485
13 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an Unnamed Parish Priest in
Innsbruck, November 14, 1485
14 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to a Brother Nicholas, February 9,
1486
15 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486
16 Brixen Memorandum
Index
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