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The Malleus Maleficarum , published in 1486 by Catholic clergyman Heinrich Kramer (and traditionally attributed also to Jacob Sprenger), stands as one of the most influential and destructive documents in Western history. As a legal and theological treatise, it codified the persecution of individuals—primarily women—accused of witchcraft. By merging folk superstition with scholastic theology, the "Hammer of Witches" provided a systematic framework that fueled centuries of witch trials across Europe and the Americas.