Course Guide: HI 258 - Reformation and Revolution in Early Modern Europe

This collection is an online selection of titles from Cornell University Library's extensive collection of materials on witchcraft.

An exhibition of books relating to the history of witchcraft and demonology, drawn mainly from the Ferguson collection at the University of Glasgow.

Covers modern European history and American history, as well as modern Western Civilization and World Cultures, from the Reformation through present day. Offers links to a large number of online texts covering almost every aspect of modern history.

The Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for “The Hammer of Witches”, or “Hexenhammer” in German) is one of the most famous medieval treatises on witches. It was written in 1486 by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, and was first published in Germany in 1487. Its main purpose was to challenge all arguments against the existence of witchcraft and to instruct magistrates on how to identify, interrogate and convict witches. This site provides the full text of this important work.

This is an electronic resource for the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in Scotland. It is in two parts: an interactive database, and supporting web pages.

This companion website for The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe by Brian P. Levack (available in Horrmann Library), provides additional resources for those wishing to further their studies in the history of witchcraft. On this website you will find an interactive map showing the geographical spread of witch-hunts and witch trials across Europe and North America, an easy-to-use timeline outlining the key events in the history of witchcraft, a video interview with the author discussing the study of witchcraft and witch-hunting, an extensive bibliography to guide students in their further reading, an image gallery, and a glossary explaining the key terms in the history of witchcraft.