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The "Malleus maleficarum" is a 15th-century treatise that provided guidelines for identifying and prosecuting people accused of witchcraft. It became influential in European witch trials and is historically significant as a document that shaped how authorities approached witchcraft allegations during a period when thousands were executed on such charges.
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Key facts
- Full title
- Malleus Maleficarum
- Also known as
- Hammer of Witches
- Author s
- Heinrich Kramer
- Language
- Latin
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- Sprenger - Malleus maleficarum, 1669 - BEIC 9477645.tiff
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- publication date
- 1487-00-00
- Commons category
- Malleus Maleficarum
- title
- MALLEUS MALEFICARUM, Maleficas, & earum hæresim, ut phramea potentissima conterens
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Article · 中文
《女巫之槌》（拉丁語：Malleus Maleficarum；德語：Hexenhammer）是由天主教修士兼宗教裁判官的克拉馬與在1486年所寫的有關女巫的條約的書，第一版於1487年在德國出版 。這本書第一次把歐洲黑暗時代以來流行的巫術、女巫知識概括起來，甚至提供了諸如如何識別女巫、如何檢舉她們等各種詳盡的辦法。書中所述鑑定方法實際上大多是以各種酷刑折磨受審判者，無論最終是否鑑定為女巫，許多鑑定方法往往都會導致受審人死亡。由於當時印刷術在歐洲受到廣泛使用，此書也藉此在歐洲大量傳播。此著作的出版，加劇了當時代歐洲社會對女巫的偏見與迫害，引發了大規模的獵巫行動，在三個世紀的行動內約有十萬人因此而被處死。
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