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Malleus Maleficarum (What does it look like? (The paper is yellowed, dried…
Malleus Maleficarum
What does it look like?
The paper is yellowed, dried and rough suggesting the aged nature of the document.
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Writing is added additionally to the document, potentially elucidating collaboration as well as revision.
Artistry is featured on the cover - perhaps a seal of the church? Further emphasizing the pensive intent of the source.
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Who wrote it? Why?
The document was written by Catholic clergymen, Heinrich Kramer.
While the book was penned by one person, the creation of it was an ultimate collaboration and product of the social climate at the time. Alleged witchcraft was a highly prevalent subject at the time, and it was something viewed as intrinsically negative, primarily by the church. It was because of the churches (both catholic and protestant) that this document was written, and it was because of them that these trials occurred in the first place.
Relevant to today:
There are many things between now and then that we can compare and contrast. What this document has revealed from the past elucidates the progress that humankind has made as a society, both universally and regionally. It allows us to observe how much scientific discovery has been made, and how that correlates to psychological and sociological state. And it allows us to observe how far we have come in regard to gender equality and every kind of equality.
- Parallels can further be drawn in regard to religion both in how we can still see what a strong hold religion and ideological belief systems have on people even still; and how factors even like social media and technology can take over and control our lives. But also the progression that has occurred strongly in politics and religion; separation of church and state.
Reveals the past:
The document really encompasses just what the past was like, specifically in this region and time period.
- The document highlights the limited science knowledge that was prevalent at the time, as well as the lack of equality in regard to women, and the quintessential power that religion held over the population.
What ideas are left out?
This document is immensely pointed and biased in nature. Diversity of thought is extremely missing from this source in regard to ideas about witchcraft from a positive, or at least less negative perspective as well as different perspectives about religion, women, and equality.
**The document in its entirety is fundamentally misogynistic and accuses women of witchcraft for speaking a different way, walking a different way, and having beliefs or thoughts that are different than what the church so velociously desires.
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Relavent to a question:
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- The document provides immense insight into the sociological state at the time, and the process by which they made decisions both in a religious sense, and in a legislative sense. It highlights just how intertwined these factors were, and how the society operated as a whole. It demonstrates their thought processes and reason for action.
Results in change:
Results in change in this case is essentially identical to the points made in why this document is relevant to today. This was perhaps, a dark time in history; however it all has contributed to the trial and error of humanity, and the journey towards equality, as well as political, sociological, and psychological strength.
What are the big ideas?
The document is essentially a "how-to" for witch trials. The big ideas or summative points of the document include identification of those who practice witchcraft, as well as instructions for how a trial should happen.