Malleus Maleficarum (HW)

Question 1

What was the name of the book about witchcraft?

Answer 1

Malleus Maleficarum

Question 2

When was the Malleus Maleficarum published?

Answer 2

1486

Question 3

Who wrote the Malleus Maleficarum?

Answer 3

Heinrich Kramer

Question 4

What was the impact of the Malleus Maleficarum?

Answer 4

It changed people’s understanding of magic from being something that was good and helpful (white magic) to being something that was evil and wicked, and associated with the Devil (heretical crime)

Question 5

What are the 3 parts of the Malleus Maleficarum?

Answer 5

I.Explains the effects of witchcraft and goes to great lengths to explain why women are much more likely to be witches than men, justified by the fact that women are more impressionable, have “slippery tongues and feeble minds”.

II.Explains the different types of witchcraft and types of investigations that can be carried out.

III.Uses specially chosen parts of Scriptures to justify the unusual legal proceedings that were deemed to be necessary in cases of witchcraft.