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Showing posts with label witchcraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label witchcraft. Show all posts
Friday, June 6, 2025

Heinrich and the Hammer of Witches

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I've touched on the Malleus Maleficarum  ("Hammer of Witches") briefly before . It was written by a Dominican who was frustrat...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Innocent, Kramer, and Witchcraft

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On 5 December 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a papal bull concerning witchcraft. Bulls are known by their opening lines, and so this one ...
Friday, June 30, 2023

The Trial of Alice Kyteler, Part 3

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See Parts one and two . The outcome of the trial was dire for Alice, her maid Petronilla, and her stepson William Outlaw. There were others...
Thursday, June 29, 2023

The Trial of Alice Kyteler, Part 2

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Read the first part here . Bishop Richard Ledrede wants to try the case himself. In those days bishops had their own courts separate from ci...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

The Trial of Alice Kyteler, Part 1

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When Pope John XXII became the target of an assassination attempt using poison and witchcraft, he decided that witchcraft should be labeled...
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

About Medieval Witchcraft

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The history of witchcraft, like any historical phenomenon, is a combination of truths, falsehoods, reinterpretations, and misunderstandings....
Monday, June 26, 2023

The Pope vs. Witchcraft

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John XXII (pope from 1316 - 1334 in Avignon) had a lot of opinions, getting involved in politics all over Christendom, opposing the Francis...