Dark Academia

Episode 23: Malleus Maleficarum

Allie Dellicarri & Nicki Nesi

This week, our professors discuss one of the darkest pieces of literature published- the Malleus Maleficarum. Learn all about how one of history's biggest losers influenced thousands of government sanctioned murders. Plus an in depth discussion of the penultimate episode of season 2 of House of the Dragon.

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Sources used in this episode:

Birks, Arran. “The 'Hammer of Witches': An Earthquake in the Early Witch Craze – The Historian.” QMUL History Projects, 24 January 2020, https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/thehistorian/2020/01/24/the-malleus-maleficarum-an-earthquake-in-the-early-witch-craze/. Accessed 5 August 2024.

guide, step, and John Collier. “Malleus Maleficarum.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum#Authors'_whereabouts_and_circumstances. Accessed 5 August 2024.

White, Ethan Doyle. “Satanism | Definition, Beliefs, Symbols, & Anton LaVey.” Britannica, 16 July 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Satanism. Accessed 5 August 2024.