Молот ведьм

by Heinrich Kramer, Sprenger Jakob

Inkvizitory Jakob Shprenger i Genrikh Kramer, opirajas na svoju praktiku i ssylajas na dostovernye istochniki vrode slukhov o koldovstve i obvinenij v djavolskoj porche korovego moloka, sozdali podrobnuju instruktsiju po tomu, kak nakhodit vedm, pravilno ikh pytat, chtoby dobitsja priznanija viny, i privodit prigovory v ispolnenie. Pedantichnyj razbor kazhdogo etapa okhoty na vedm opisyvaet sudebnuju sistemu XV veka i znanija o mire kak prostykh ljudej, tak i predstavitelej dukhovenstva. "Molot vedm" - besspornyj pamjatnik svoemu vremeni, kotoryj pogruzhaet v nastojaschee Srednevekove. V etom izdanii tekst na latinskom jazyke privoditsja s parallelnym perevodom kandidata bogoslovija N. T. Tsvetkova. Dlja udobstva chtenija kazhdaja glava na russkom jazyke stoit naprotiv sootvetstvujuschej glavy na latinskom. Parallelno raspolozhennyj tekst pozvolit bez truda sravnivat original s perevodom, obraschat vnimanie na trudnosti, s kotorymi stalkivalsja perevodchik, i otmechat naibolee tochno perevedennye fragmenty.Tekst soprovozhdaetsja kartinami Albrekhta Djurera, otdelnymi ofortami iz "Kaprichos" Frantsiska Goji, gravjurami Lui Bretona, a takzhe rabotami drugikh khudozhnikov, obraschavshikhsja k teme koldovstva ili srednevekovju v tselom. Oformlenie prizvano otrazhat sut proizvedenija, v kotorom opisana poistine djavolskaja rabota inkvizitsii.Rubinovaja lenta ljasse, tverdyj pereplet s relefnymi elementami, tisnenie serebrjanoj folgoj, illjustratsii i unikalnyj maket javljajutsja jarkimi osobennostjami etoj knigi. Zapominajuscheesja oformlenie delaet knigu ne tolko otlichnym dopolneniem k svoej kollektsii, no i prijatnym podarkom dorogim ljudjam.

448 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2024

About the author

Heinrich Kramer also known under the Latinized name Henricus Institoris, was a German churchman and inquisitor. Born in Sélestat, Alsace, he joined the Dominican Order at an early age and while still a young man was appointed Prior of the Dominican house of his native town.

At some date before 1474 he was appointed Inquisitor for the Tyrol, Salzburg, Bohemia and Moravia. His eloquence in the pulpit and tireless activity received recognition at Rome and he was the right-hand man of the Archbishop of Salzburg. By the time of the Bull Summis desiderantes of Pope Innocent VIII in 1484 he was already associated with Jacob Sprenger to make an inquisition for witches and sorcerers. In 1485 he drew up a treatise on witchcraft which was incorporated in the Malleus Maleficarum (literally "The Hammer of Witches").

Kramer failed in his attempt to obtain endorsement for this work from the top theologians of the Inquisition at the Faculty of Cologne, and they condemned the book as recommending unethical and illegal procedures, as well as being inconsistent with Catholic doctrines of demonology.

In 1495 he was summoned to Venice to give public lectures, which were very popular. In 1500 he was empowered to proceed against the Waldensians and Picards.

He died in Bohemia in 1505.