Compendium Maleficarum
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| Compendium maleficarum, collected in 3 books from many sources, showing the iniquitous and execrable operations of witches against the human race, and the divine remedies by which they may be frustrated | |
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| Author | Francesco Maria Guazzo |
| Translator | E.A. Ashwin |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Latin |
| Subject | witchcraft, demonology |
| Genre | witch hunter manuals |
| Publisher | Apud Haeredes August |
Publication date | 1608 |
Published in English | 1929 |
| Pages | 345 |
| ISBN | 978-84-8454-140-0 |
| OCLC | 561219090 |
Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter's manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published in Milan, Italy in 1608.
It was widely regarded among contemporaries as the authoritative manuscript on Witchcraft, and discusses witches’ pacts with the devil, and detailed descriptions of witches’ powers and poisons. It also contains Guazzo's classification of demons, based on a previous work by Michael Psellus.
Translations
The book was not translated into English until 1929, when this was accomplished under the direction of the witchcraft scholar Montague Summers.[1]
References
- ↑ Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo, translated by E.A. Ashwin, 1929.
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External links
- Compendium Maleficarum - Online version of Latin text and scanned pages of Compendium Maleficarum published in 1626.
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