"The Malleus is a work that rouses strong, often emotional reactions, and these may take a multiplicity of forms. Since at least the nineteenth century, it has been viewed by many as an example of medieval ignorance and superstition, being associated with the later witch hunting of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries that seemed to have been instigated by it. For those who view as innocent victims the large numbers of men and (predominantly) women who were burned alive for crimes that are now considered to be completely bereft of substance, the work epitomized everything that was wrong with what was thought to be a medieval mentality."
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Christopher S. Mackay: Introduction to The Hammer of Witches: A Complete Translation of the Malleus Maleficarum, pp. 31–32
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