An unusual inquisition : : translated documents from Heinricus Institoris's witch hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck /

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

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"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 translatio...

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Superior document:Studies in central European histories ; Volume 67
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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.
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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.

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