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The Shadow of the Malleus: Inside Christopher Mackay’s Complete Translation

For centuries, few books have cast as long or as dark a shadow as the Malleus Maleficarum . Often called The Hammer of Witches , this 15th-century treatise served as the grim blueprint for one of history's most terrifying eras: the Great Witch Craze. While older translations like Montague Summers' 1928 version are famous, they are often criticized as uncritical or ahistorical. The Hammer of Witches: A Complete Translation o...

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