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JAKOB SPRENGER (fl. 1500)
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SPRENGER, JAKOB (fl. 1500), the Dominican inquisitor of Cologne, who with Heinrich Kramer (institor) published Malleus maleficarum or Hexenhammer, the standard textbook on witchcraft, especially in Germany. The book gives (r) evidences of witchcraft; (2) rules for discovering it; (3) proceedings for punishment.