Medievalists.net » Malleus Maleficarum http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 How Witches Looked in Medieval Art http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/13/witches-looked-medieval-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/13/witches-looked-medieval-art/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:30:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54760 I recently visited the British Museum and enjoyed their Witches and Wicked Bodies exhibit which runs until January 11th, 2015. It displays art depicting witches from the middle ages up to the late nineteenth century. This post looks at a few late medieval interpretations of witches and the artists behind these works.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/13/witches-looked-medieval-art/feed/ 0 Constructing the Wicked Witch: Discourses of Power in the Witch-Hunts of Early Modern Germany http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/constructing-wicked-witch-discourses-power-witch-hunts-early-modern-germany/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/constructing-wicked-witch-discourses-power-witch-hunts-early-modern-germany/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 14:46:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52379 For the people of early modern Germany, the witch was not the cackling menace of fairytales or myth, but a real-life scourge on society that needed to be purged from their lives.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/constructing-wicked-witch-discourses-power-witch-hunts-early-modern-germany/feed/ 0 Nordic Witchcraft in Transition: Impotence, Heresy and Diabolism in 14th-century Bergen http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/26/nordic-witchcraft-in-transition-impotence-hersery-and-diabolism-in-14th-century-bergen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/26/nordic-witchcraft-in-transition-impotence-hersery-and-diabolism-in-14th-century-bergen/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:10:09 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37496 Within the orbit of witchcraft, what is the relationship between sexuality, heresy, and diabolism?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/26/nordic-witchcraft-in-transition-impotence-hersery-and-diabolism-in-14th-century-bergen/feed/ 0 Reflections on The Malleus Maleficarum in Light of the Trial of Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/27/reflections-on-the-malleus-maleficarum-in-light-of-the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/27/reflections-on-the-malleus-maleficarum-in-light-of-the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:35:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33254 Although Joan’s trial took place in France and The Malleus Maleficarum was published in Germany, they are suitable for comparison because this text became the definitive manual for witchcraft inquisitors across Europe.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/27/reflections-on-the-malleus-maleficarum-in-light-of-the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/feed/ 0 The Saints of Epilepsy http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/the-saints-of-epilepsy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/the-saints-of-epilepsy/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:24:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29048 It will be seen below that many of the legendary happenings on which belief in the curative powers of saints was based were ridiculously improbable or impossible.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/the-saints-of-epilepsy/feed/ 0 The Role of Women as Portrayed in the Malleus Maleficarum http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/the-role-of-women-as-portrayed-in-the-malleus-maleficarum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/the-role-of-women-as-portrayed-in-the-malleus-maleficarum/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:32:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26535 To help them identify the followers of Lucifer, Heinrich Kramer wrote the 'Malleus Maleficarum,' and it was 'written to give teeth to the papal bull by Pope Innocent VIII.' Where did he get his ideas for witchcraft? From what sources did he draw?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/23/the-role-of-women-as-portrayed-in-the-malleus-maleficarum/feed/ 0 Herbal healers and devil dealers: a study of healers and their gendered persecution in the medieval period http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/10/herbal-healers-and-devil-dealers-a-study-of-healers-and-their-gendered-persecution-in-the-medieval-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/10/herbal-healers-and-devil-dealers-a-study-of-healers-and-their-gendered-persecution-in-the-medieval-period/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:33:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25255 Herbal healers and devil dealers: a study of healers and their gendered persecution in the medieval period McPhee, Meghan Thesis: M.A., (History), California State University, Sacramento (2009) Abstract Long before written record, men and women have known the healing properties of herbs and medicinal arts have been practiced even before the first civilizations emerged. This ancient […]

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