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Compendium Maleficarum
1608 manual by Francesco Maria Guazzo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Compendium Maleficarum is a witch-hunter's manual written in Latin by Francesco Maria Guazzo, and published in Milan (present-day Italy) in 1608.[1]
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Author | Francesco Maria Guazzo |
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Translator | E. A. Ashwin |
Language | Latin |
Subject | witchcraft, demonology |
Genre | witch hunter manuals |
Publisher | Apud Haeredes August |
Publication date | 1608 |
Publication place | Duchy of Milan |
Published in English | 1929 |
Pages | 345 |
ISBN | 978-84-8454-140-0 |
OCLC | 561219090 |
Original text | [[s:la:Compendium Maleficarum|]] at Latin Wikisource |
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It discusses witches' pacts with the devil, and detailed descriptions of witches’ powers and poisons. It also contains Guazzo's classification of demons, based on a previous work by Michael Psellus.