Malleus Maleficarum Or The Hammer of Witches Heinrich Godfrey Kramer Montague Summers 9781611044881 Books
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Like Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” Kramer and Sprenger’s “Malleus Maleficarum” is a book that is read for historical importance rather than enjoyment. As such it 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 (and reprinted endlessly), “Malleus Maleficarum” was immediately given the imprimatur of the Holy See as the most important work on witchcraft, to date. And so it remains—a compendium of fifteenth century paranoia, 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. In writing the Malleus, Kramer and Sprenger claimed to be doing "God's work" These men, and those who followed them worshiped only their own arrogance. Read it and be afraid! 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 book. Some historians estimate that the numbers may run into the millions. The text is rife with "case law" 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. Take the case of the poor woman who was burned for offering the opinion that "it might rain today" shortly before it did. Of note are Kramer and Spenger's assertions that prosecutors are (conveniently) "immune" to witchcraft, and their instructions to Judges to tell the truth to the witch that there will be mercy shown (with the mental reservation that death is a mercy to those prisoner to the devil). Such twisted logic is the cornerstone of the Malleus. The translator, Rev. Montague Summers, waxes rhapsodic on the "learning" and "wisdom" of the authors of the Malleus. He was apparently of a mind with Kramer and Spenger, and wrote two embarrassingly effusive and bigoted introductions (in 1928 and 1946), praising the "brillance" of this work and its importance in this "feministic" era. Summers' commentary is as frightening as anything Kramer and Sprenger wrote in the text proper, the more so for being 20th century, and particularly post-World War Two. Like the Papal Bull of VIII which is now considered integral with the Malleus, future commentators will make much of the statements of Summers, a "modern" man. As a license to kill, the “Malleus Maleficarum” was used too often and far too freely. Kramer and Sprenger’s madness did not die with them—though millions have died because of the madness presented in this book.
Malleus Maleficarum Or The Hammer of Witches Heinrich Godfrey Kramer Montague Summers 9781611044881 Books
Cornerstone reading for anyone interested in the topic, but each page contains numerous typos (some more severe than others) and syntax and grammatical errors. Combined with questionable translation choices, the text should be taken with a grain of salt - especially if you're planning to cite this. It's a good idea to try to find some other version that's more readable and less shoddily put together.Product details
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Malleus Maleficarum Or The Hammer of Witches Heinrich Godfrey Kramer Montague Summers 9781611044881 Books Reviews
Arrived early and is what was described online. I'm pleased with purchase.
i love it
nothing short of amazing, interesting, and informative, if you "practice" you should own this book.
This book is very good and strange at the same time. It is almost a legal book dealing with how to catch and try witches in a civil court or an ecumenical court.
Interesting book. Have no reference to compare it to, so can't say much more. Great intro to the information, for the novice.
The contents of the book were tremendously informative. The problem with the book is in it's editing. I found "typos" on nearly every page which made the reading less than eventful.
I'm about 3/4 of the way through this book. Firstly, it is a decent read and quite comical at times. If you'd like to get a good sense of how morally corrupt the Roman Catholic Empire was back in the middle ages, great reference. A couple of cons I noticed about the book was that there are many grammar/misprint issues. Also, I felt as if Heinrich contradicted himself and wrote from a place of vindictiveness frequently throughout. Overall, good read, definitely read with caution!
Cornerstone reading for anyone interested in the topic, but each page contains numerous typos (some more severe than others) and syntax and grammatical errors. Combined with questionable translation choices, the text should be taken with a grain of salt - especially if you're planning to cite this. It's a good idea to try to find some other version that's more readable and less shoddily put together.
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