Witches
In the Malleus Maleficarum, Sprenger and Kramer’s basic argument about the origins of witchcraft is that witchcraft is found chiefly in women due to several reasons that focus on characteristics of women. Sprenger and Kramer argue that witchcraft in women is more probable because women were very naïve and impressionable, carnal lust is never satisfied in women, and they are of lower intelligence and weaker memories than men. Women are viewed as very naïve and impressionable because they are influenced much easier and therefore they are more likely to become involved with the devil. Women were “more credulous, and since the chief aim of the devil is to corrupt faith, therefore he rather attacks them”(120). Women being credulous and naïve makes it easier for the devil to entice them into witchery. They were also much more impressionable making them prime targets for “disembodied spirits” to influence them and cause wickedness (120). The spirits referred to are those
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Approximate Word count = 655
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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