Malleus Maleficarum (LBST)

M.M. Q3: What were the 5 ways to remove witchcraft?

1. Countermagic - unlawful 2. Countermagic with Devils influence - unlawful 3. Superstitious ceremony (countermagic again but non witch magic, still unlawful) 4. Removing with superstition without making a pact with devil 5. If you involve the church, but using superstition

What were the 3 reasons a witch would sacrifice a child to the devil?

1. Pride: to conform with divine rights and ceremonies 2. Men easily deceived (men weren't at birth, so he wouldn't know the offering was happening 3. So the witch-hood/coven could grow

What were the 3 purposes of the Malleus Maleficarum

1. To prove that Witchcraft exists 2. to show how to discover a witch 3. How to punish a witch

M.M. Q4: What were the 3 main methods of initiating a process?

1. When there is an accuser (and prove it to a judge with evidence. If not proven they will receive the punishment) 2. When there is an informer (tell judge there is witchcraft, no evidence, just a good Samaritan wanting to tell) 3. Anonymous person saying there are witches in area. (This requires inquisitors, not evidence, no informer.)

What were the 3 main precautions taken when torturing a witch?

1. Witch tears: If they don't cry they are a witch. If they could cry and had bad rep they were also a witch 2. Contact: Couldn't physically touch witch. Witch enters backwards 3. Shave hair. Contagious magic, or hidden objects.

M.M. Q2: How midwives commit crimes when killing children or sacrificing to the devil.

Midwives would take babies as offering to Devil, or use them for spells

Who were the main perpetrators of witch torture

St. Augustine, and Aquintus

What was the effect of a devil sacrifice on a child?

The child belonged to the devil, and the child could cast spells on everything nature related.

M.M. Q5: How was torture initiated?

Through God's will, and permission. No two witches are the same, all witch prosecutions were situational.

What was the name of the long device used to poke witches

Witch Pricker

How was pain used to determine if one was a witch or not?

Witches could not feel pain like ordinary women

M.M. Q1: Concerning Witches who copulate with Devils. Why is it that Women are chiefly addicted to Evil superstitions?

Women were weak, and lustful. The devil would work through women to temp men.