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ID number:655528
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Published: 07.12.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
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During the 13th century, the increasing association of ideas about heresy with ideas about sorcery lead to the development of the concept of witchcraft being devil worship, which paved the way for the witch-hunt in Europe (Monter viii). In 1487, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, who were serving as inquisitors for Pope Innocent VIII, published the Malleus Maleficarum or "Hammer of Witches". The Malleus had three sections; the first declared that it is heretical not to believe in witchcraft, the second dealt with details of common witch "activities" and how to identify them, and the third had to do with the prosecution of witches. This book became the "encyclopedia" on witchcraft creating many myths and fears concerning witches and their power (Kors and Peters 176-177). Hence, during "the 15th century, witchcraft as diabolical sorcery had been fully assimilated to heresy... and witches had become the collaborative servants of Satan" (Kors and Peters 152)…

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