 |  | | | The Hammer of the Witches | 29 Mar 2007 | | |
In 1487 one of the most controversial books ever written was published in Germany. The Malleus Maleficarum, or ‘The Hammer of the Witches’ was an examination of the supernatural, and a guide on how to identify and try a witch. Some feminist historians have blamed it for sending thousands of women to their deaths – others say those claims are grossly over blown. Now for the first time in nearly 80 years the Malleus has been re-translated and re-issued. Jenni will be joined by its editor, Dr Peter Maxwell-Stuart and Dr Alison Rowlands, Senior Lecturer in European History at the University of Essex to look at why it's been given a bad press over the years.
The Malleus Maleficarum is published by the Manchester University Press ISBN; 0 7190 6443 0 / 0 7190 6442 2
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