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Translator E.A. Ashwin Language Latin Genre witch hunter manuals Originally published 1608 Page count 345 OCLC 561219090 | 4/5 Goodreads Country Italy Subject witchcraft, demonology Publisher Apud Haeredes August Published in english 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar Malleus Maleficarum, Daemonolatreiae libri tres, Newes from Scotland, Laienspiegel, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter's manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published in Milan, Italy in 1608.
It was widely regarded among contemporaries as the authoritative manuscript on Witchcraft(source?), and discusses witches’ pacts with the devil, and detailed descriptions of witches’ powers and poisons. It also contains Guazzo's classification of demons, based on a previous work by Michael Psellus.
Translations
The book was not translated into English until 1929, when this was accomplished under the direction of the witchcraft scholar Montague Summers.
References
Compendium Maleficarum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA