MALLEUS MALEFICARUM

Malleus Maleficarum (mal-ee-[schwa]s mal-[schwa]-fi-kair-[schwa]m). [Latin “Hammer of Witches”] Hist. An encyclopedic work about demonology and witchcraft, prepared in 1486 by two Dominican friars (Heinrich Kraemer and Johann Sprenger) as part of their efforts to eradicate witchcraft in Germany. • The Malleus Maleficarum was based largely on folk beliefs, but it was relied on as an […]