Est insolitum inquirere taliter

Latin and German Documents from Heinricus Institoris’s Witch Hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck
Buch | Hardcover
186 Seiten
2021
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-45148-3 (ISBN)

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This volume contains the only full and complete edition of the Latin and German documents illustrating the activities of Heinricus Institoris (the author of the Malleus Maleficarum) as prosecutor of witchcraft in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485.
This is the companion volume to the author's “An Unusual Inquisition”: Translated Documents from Heinricus Institoris’s Witch Hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck (Brill, 2020), and contains a full edition of the Latin and German documents illustrating Heinricus Institoris's activities as prosecutor of witchcraft in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. These events had a great influence on Institoris's composition of the Malleus Maleficarum, the most famous and influential early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This is the only full and complete edition of these documents, some of which have not previously been published in their entirety, and the texts greatly illuminate the historical setting of the composition of one of history's most notorious books.

Christopher S. Mackay (PhD, Harvard, 1994) is a Professor in the Department of History, Classics, and Religious Studies at the University of Alberta. He has written on Roman history and published an edition and translation of the Malleus Maleficarum.

Acknowledgements



Introduction



List of the Documents



Note on Editorial Practices



Bibliography

Texts



1 Letter from the Burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke Sigismund of Austria, December 17, 1484



2 Guarantee of Good Behavior (Urfehde), Ravensburg, October 23, 1484



3 Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to His Ecclesiastical Subordinates, July 23, 1485



4 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485



5 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21, 1485



6 Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen, October 8, 1485



7 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, Parish Priest in Axams, Undated (Mid-October, 1485)



8 Vernacular Protocol



9 Latin Protocols against the Seven Accused Women



10 Latin Articles of Suspected Crimes and List of Questions for Further Investigation of the Seven Suspects after Their Release



11 Record of the Proceedings against the Seven Accused Women, October 29–31 and November 3, 1485



12 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485



13 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an Unnamed Parish Priest in Innsbruck, November 14, 1485



14 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Brother Nicolas, February 9, 1486



15 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486



16 The Brixen Memorandum



Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Studies in Central European Histories ; 68
Verlagsort Leiden
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 452 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Recht / Steuern Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10 90-04-45148-X / 900445148X
ISBN-13 978-90-04-45148-3 / 9789004451483
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