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Heinrich Kramer

German churchman, inquisitor and withcraft theorist (c. 1430–c. 1505)

  • Fame52.7
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Lived 1430–1505, aged 75
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    1430–1505
    Aged 75
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Updated 2026-06-16

Heinrich Kramer, also known under the Latinized name Henricus Institoris, was a German Dominican friar and inquisitor. With his widely distributed book Malleus Maleficarum (1487), which describes witchcraft and endorses detailed processes for the extermination of witches, he was instrumental in establishing the period of witch trials in the early modern period.

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