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Heinrich Kramer

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December 23, 1429 in Sélestat, Germany

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December 22, 1504

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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...more

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	The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger by Heinrich Kramer, Jakob Sprenger, Montague Summers 3.38 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1486 — 62 editions	My rating:
	Der Hexenhammer, Volume 3 by Heinrich Kramer, Jakob Sprenger 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Artis exorcisticae complementum, cui simile nunquam visum est ... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Daemonastix, Seu Adversus Daemones Et Maleficos, Universi Operis Ad Usum V3 (1669) by Heinrich Kramer, Jakob Sprenger 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Malleus Maleficarum: Maleficas Et Earum Haeresim Framea Conterens, Volume 2 by Heinrich Kramer, Jakob Sprenger 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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