From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Banchetto sabba compendium maleficarum.jpg illustration from the original edition 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 Number 561219090 Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunters 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 Guazzos classification of demons, based on a previous work by Michael Psellus. Translations[edit] The book was not translated into English until 1929, when this was accomplished under the direction of the witchcraft scholar Montague Summers.[1] References[edit] Jump up ^ Compendium Maleficarum by Francesco Maria Guazzo, translated by E.A. Ashwin, 1929. Latin Wikisource has original text related to this article: Compendium Maleficarum Media related to Compendium Maleficarum at Wikimedia Commons External links[edit] Compendium Maleficarum - Online version of Latin text and scanned pages of Compendium Maleficarum published in 1626. [show] v t e Witch trials in the early modern period
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