The Summis desiderantes affectibus, by Letters Apostolic, ordered Albrecht von Bayern, Bishop of Strasburg, to aid this work's authors as they traveled through Salzburg, Bremen, and Northern Germany.
It was preceded by the less influential Formicaris of John Nider and its claims were partially upheld in Ulrich Molitoris' De Lamiis even though it fraudulently claimed endorsement from the University of Cologne. The Summis desiderantes affectibus, by Letters Apostolic, ordered Albrecht von Bayern, Bishop of Strasburg, to aid this work's authors as they traveled through Salzburg, Bremen, and Northern Germany. Its first part delineates a certain heresy, while its second part contains a compendium of fabulous stories. The third and final part deals with legal procedures, and the work contains as its preface a Bull of Pope Innocent VIII. For 10 points, name this theological document that was codified from Alpine peasant folklore and produced by the Dominicans Johann Sprenger and Heinrich Kraemer, which served as a handbook for aiding Christians in preventing sorceresses from living.
It was preceded by the less influential Formicaris of John Nider and its claims were partially upheld in Ulrich Molitoris' De Lamiis even though it fraudulently claimed endorsement from the University of Cologne.
Malleus Maleficarum [or "The Hammer of Witches"]