Hazards of the Dark Arts Rayna D. Markin Drawing on over a decade's

Drawing on over a decade's worth of research

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engaging in a dynamic dialogue with Mernissi's work

For the novice researcher

Hazards of the Dark Arts Rayna D. Markin Drawing on over a decade'sThis volume comprises English translations of two fundamentally important texts on magic and witchcraft in the fifteenth century: Johannes Hartlieb's Book of All Forbidden Arts and Ulrich Molitoris's On Witches and Pythonesses. Written by laymen and aimed at secular authorities, these works advocated that town leaders and royalty alike should vigorously uproot and prosecute practitioners of witchcraft and magic. Though inquisitors and theologians