Title
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2006
Journal or Book Title
Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition
Volume
2
First Page
465
Last Page
465
Abstract
Perhaps the most famous of all medieval inquisitors, and certainly one of the most important and influential, Bernard Gui is best known for his monumental inquisitor's handbook, Practica inquisitionis heretice pravitatis (The Practice of the Inquisition of Heretical Depravity), written around 1324. Although he never described anything like the full stereotype of witchcraft as it would appear in later centuries, he did include in this work several sections dealing with learned demonic magic, or necromancy, as well as more evidently popular forms of sorcery. The Practica inquisitionis became one of the most widely read of all medieval inquisitorial manuals, second only to the later Directorium inquisitorum (Directory of Inquisitors) of the Catalan inquisitor Nicolas Eymeric. Gui's descriptions of sorcery thus seem very important, particularly in terms of shaping later clerical, and especially inquisitorial, thought on this subject.
Copyright Owner
ABC-CLIO
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bailey, Michael D., "Bernard Gui" (2006). History Publications. 61.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/history_pubs/61
Comments
Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition edited by Richard M. Golden. Copyright 2006 by ABC-CLIO. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA.