This extraordinary document (1608) on witchcraft and demonology offers striking insight into early 17th century mind. Includes serious discussions of witches’ powers, poisons, crimes, more.

This extraordinary document, considered one of the most important manuals ever compiled on witchcraft, offers striking insight into the early seventeenth-century mind and society's attempts to cope with the evils it saw manifested in sorcery.

A collection of writings by the Ambrosian monk Francesco Maria Guazzo, the Compendium comprehensively and penetratingly describes the entire practice and profession of witchcraft.