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Listed below are the editions of the Malleus Maleficarum which are currently in print, as well as certain other references that pertain to this subject or subjects addressed within the Malleus itself. We certainly do not mean to imply that those who wish to be more familiar with this subject should purchase every book on this list. We've simply attempted to address the many different perspectives from which various people approach the Malleus Maleficarum, and have attempted to list other works which may also be of interest.

- Wicasta Lovelace

In-Print Editions of The Malleus

The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and Joseph Sprenger
Dover Publications
(Paperback, June 1, 1971)

This is the edition which was transcribed and posted on the Internet by the Malleus Maleficarum Online project. At the time of our transcription, to our knowledge this was the only edition of the Malleus in print. That is one of the things which led us to post the test online. Simply put, some things should not be forgotten.

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Malleus Maleficarum: The Hammer of Witches
by Christopher S. Mackay (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
(Hardcover, May 31, 2006)

“This fully annotated edition is based on the first edition of 1486-7 and presents the Latin text together with a full textual apparatus. An extensive introduction discusses the authorship, method of composition, and intellectual background of the work. The second volume provides the only accurate English translation available, together with detailed explanatory notes.”

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The Malleus Maleficarum
by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart (Editor)
Manchester University Press
(Paperback, July 24, 2007)

“The only previous translation of the Malleus into English, that by Montague Summers produced in 1928, is full of inaccuracies, is written in a style nowadays almost unreadable, and is unfortunately colored by his personal agenda. This edited translation, with an introductory essay setting witchcraft, Institoris, and the Malleus into clear, readable English, corrects Summers’s mistakes and offers a lean, unvarnished version of what Institoris actually wrote.*#0148;

Other Works of Interest

The Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraft:
Studies in Early Modern European History
by Hans Peter Broedel (Author)
Manchester University Press
(Paperback, April 3, 2004)

“This, the first book-length study of the Malleus in English, provides students and scholars with an introduction to this text and to the conceptual world of its authors. Ultimately, this book argues that although the Malleus was a highly idiosyncratic text, with a view of witches very different from that of competing authors, its arguments were powerfully compelling and so remained influential long after alternatives were forgotten.”

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Compendium Maleficarum:
The Montague Summers Edition
by Francesco Maria Guazzo (Author)
Dover Publications
(Paperback, September 1, 1988)

“The Compendium Maleficarum was the ultimate field guide for the beginning demonologist in the 17th century. Guazzo's Compendium was accepted by his contemporaries as the authoritative manuscript on witchcraft. Later demonologists continued to hail the conciseness and clarity with which Guazzo analyzes the practice. The Compendium not only gives an organized account of the subject matter but provides a glimpse at the Christian view of witchcraft during the early 17th century.”