Malleus Maleficarum
How do you spot a witch? This notorious 15th-century book gave instructions – and helped execute thousands of women
By Melissa Chim — October 21, 2021
(The Conversation) — Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her hands.
Beyond Halloween: Witches, devils, trials and executions
By Thomas Reese — October 24, 2017
(RNS) — As Halloween approaches, the Rev. David Collins, a Jesuit professor of history at Georgetown University, takes us back to a time in European history when witches were persecuted and executed by society.
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