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Latin and German Documents from Heinricus Institorisâs Witch Hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck
Series: - Studies in Central European Histories, Volume: 68
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This is the companion volume to the author's âAn Unusual Inquisitionâ: Translated Documents from Heinricus Institorisâs Witch Hunts in Ravensburg and Innsbruck (Brill, 2020), and contains a full edition of the Latin and German documents illustrating Heinricus Institoris's activities as prosecutor of witchcraft in Ravensburg in 1484 and Innsbruck in 1485. These events had a great influence on Institoris's composition of the Malleus Maleficarum, the most famous and influential early-modern textbook on witchcraft. This is the only full and complete edition of these documents, some of which have not previously been published in their entirety, and the texts greatly illuminate the historical setting of the composition of one of history's most notorious books.
Christopher S. Mackay (PhD, Harvard, 1994) is a Professor in the Department of History, Classics, and Religious Studies at the University of Alberta. He has written on Roman history and published an edition and translation of the Malleus Maleficarum.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of the Documents
Note on Editorial Practices
Bibliography
1 Letter from the Burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke Sigismund of Austria, December 17, 1484
2 Guarantee of Good Behavior (Urfehde), Ravensburg, October 23, 1484
3 Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to His Ecclesiastical Subordinates, July 23, 1485
4 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485
5 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21, 1485
6 Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen, October 8, 1485
7 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, Parish Priest in Axams, Undated (Mid-October, 1485)
8 Vernacular Protocol
9 Latin Protocols against the Seven Accused Women
10 Latin Articles of Suspected Crimes and List of Questions for Further Investigation of the Seven Suspects after Their Release
11 Record of the Proceedings against the Seven Accused Women, October 29â31 and November 3, 1485
12 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485
13 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an Unnamed Parish Priest in Innsbruck, November 14, 1485
14 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Brother Nicolas, February 9, 1486
15 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486
16 The Brixen Memorandum
Index
Introduction
List of the Documents
Note on Editorial Practices
Bibliography
Texts
1 Letter from the Burgermasters and City Council of Ravensburg to Archduke Sigismund of Austria, December 17, 1484
2 Guarantee of Good Behavior (Urfehde), Ravensburg, October 23, 1484
3 Instruction from Bishop Georg of Brixen to His Ecclesiastical Subordinates, July 23, 1485
4 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, September 21, 1485
5 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Archduke Sigismund, September 21, 1485
6 Letter from Archduke Sigismund of Austria to Bishop Georg of Brixen, October 8, 1485
7 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Sigismund Sämer, Parish Priest in Axams, Undated (Mid-October, 1485)
8 Vernacular Protocol
9 Latin Protocols against the Seven Accused Women
10 Latin Articles of Suspected Crimes and List of Questions for Further Investigation of the Seven Suspects after Their Release
11 Record of the Proceedings against the Seven Accused Women, October 29â31 and November 3, 1485
12 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, November 14, 1485
13 Letter from Bishop Georg of Brixen to an Unnamed Parish Priest in Innsbruck, November 14, 1485
14 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Brother Nicolas, February 9, 1486
15 Letter of Bishop Georg of Brixen to Institoris, February 9, 1486
16 The Brixen Memorandum
Index
An academic work of interest to scholars and students of witchcraft and religion.