The Malleus Maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft : theology and popular belief / Hans Peter Broedel.

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2003.

209 pages ; 24 cm.

Contested categories -- Origins and arguments -- The inquisitors' devil -- Misfortune, witchcraft, and the will of God -- Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part one -- Witchcraft: the formation of belief - part two -- Witchcraft as an expression of female sexuality.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.