Heinrich Kramer's failed trial at Innsbruck

In 1485, inquisitor Heinrich Kramer tried women for witchcraft at Innsbruck, but the bishop of Brixen stopped the trial and expelled him.

1485 CE · 47.27, 11.40 · status: official

The account

Angry at his defeat, Kramer wrote the 'Malleus Maleficarum', printed at Speyer in 1486, which became the best-known handbook of witch hunting.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Malleus Maleficarum
2. Wikipedia: Heinrich Kramer