An unusual inquisition : : translated documents from Heinricus Institoris's witch hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck / / by Christopher S. Mackay.

• Superior document: Studies in central European histories ; Volume 67
• VerfasserIn: Mackay, Christopher S., 1962-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English; Latin
• Series: Studies in Central European histories ; Volume 67.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

"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".

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Translation Notes -- Decretals Cited -- Texts -- Document 1 Letter from the Burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke Sigismund of the Tyrol, December 17, 1484 -- Document 2 Urfehde (Guarantee of Good Behavior) for a Woman Presumably Questioned for Witchcraft by Institoris, Ravensburg, October 23, 1484 -- Document 3 Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to His Ecclesiastical Subordinates, July 23, 1485 -- Document 4 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485 -- Document 5 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21, 1485 -- Document 6 Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen, October 8, 1485 -- Document 7 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, Parish Priest of Axams, Undated -- Document 8 Vernacular Protocol -- Document 9 Protocols of the Hearings Conducted against the Seven Arrested Women -- Document 10 Articles of Suspected Crimes and List of Questions for the Further Investigation of the Seven Suspects after Their Release -- Document 11 Record of the Proceedings against the Seven Accused, October 29 and 31 and November 3, 1485 -- Document 12 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485 -- Document 13 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an Unnamed Parish Priest in Innsbruck, November 14, 1485 -- Document 14 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to a Brother Nicholas, February 9, 1486 -- Document 15 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486 -- Document 16 Brixen Memorandum -- Index.