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Weyer's works include medical and moral books as well as his more famous critiques of magic and witchcraft. Weyer published his major works on [[demon]]s, [[ritual magic]], and [[witchcraft]], in which he applied a skeptical medical view to reported wonders of magic or witchcraft. | Weyer's works include medical and moral books as well as his more famous critiques of magic and witchcraft. Weyer published his major works on [[demon]]s, [[ritual magic]], and [[witchcraft]], in which he applied a skeptical medical view to reported wonders of magic or witchcraft. | ||
Weyer criticised the ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'' and the [[witch | Weyer criticised the ''[[Malleus Maleficarum]]'' and the [[Witch-hunt|witch-hunting]] by the [[Christianity|Christian]] and Civil authorities; he is said to have been the first person that used the term mentally ill or melancholy to designate those women accused of practicing witchcraft. In a time when [[witch]] trials and executions were just beginning to be common, he sought to derogate the law concerning witchcraft prosecution. He claimed that not only were examples of magic largely incredible but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance. | ||
===Works on demonology=== | ===Works on demonology=== | ||