Written in latin, the malleus was first submitted to the university of cologne on may 9th, 1487. Jacob sprenger is also often attributed as an author. Malleus maleficarum 1486 part 1 translated by montague summers 1928 this is the best known i. Pope innocent viii the papal bull the malleus maleficarum an extract from the malleus maleficarum the.
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