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The '''''Malleus Maleficarum''''', usually translated as the '''''Hammer of Witches''''', is the best known treatise on [[witchcraft]]. It was written by the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name ''Henricus Institor'') and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486. It has been described as the compendium of literature in demonology of the 15th century. The top theologians of the [[Inquisition]] at the Faculty of Cologne condemned the book as recommending unethical and illegal procedures, as well as being inconsistent with Catholic doctrines of [[demon|demonology]].

The '''''Malleus Maleficarum''''', usually translated as the '''''Hammer of Witches''''', is the best known treatise on [[witchcraft]]. It was written by the Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (under his Latinized name ''Henricus Institor'') and first published in the German city of Speyer in 1486. It has been described as the compendium of literature in demonology of the 15th century. The top theologians of the [[Inquisition]] at the Faculty of Cologne condemned the book as recommending unethical and illegal procedures, as well as being inconsistent with Catholic doctrines of [[demon|demonology]].