Malleus maleficarum kao predložak za definiranje zločina vještičarenja u ranonovovjekovnim sudskim parnicama s područja Banske Hrvatske

master's thesis

• Title (english): Malleus Maleficarum as a Model for Defining the Crime of Witchcraft in the Early Modern Witch Trials in the Kingdom of Croatia
• Author: Luka Jurić
• Mentor: Zrinka Blažević (mentor)
• Committee member: Trpimir Vedriš (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zrinka Blažević (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Zvjezdana Sikirić Assouline (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of History); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-07-06, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; History; Early Croatian and World History

Abstract

Ovaj rad pokušava ispitati hipotezu da je Malleus maleficarum Heinricha Kramera i Jacoba Sprengera, demonološki traktat s kraja 15. stoljeća, značajno utjecao na definiciju zločina vještičarenja koja se razvila u suđenjima vješticama na prostoru Banske Hrvatske tijekom ranog novog vijeka. Točnije, u radu se tvrdi da se svi ključni elementi Kramerova koncepta vještičarenja mogu pronaći u ranonovovjekovnim sudskim spisima sa suđenja vješticama koje je objavio Ivan Tkalčić u izvoru „Izprave o progonu vješticah u Hrvatskoj“. No budući da se u „Izpravama“ ne nalaze zapisi svih parnica protiv vještica na prostoru ranonovovjekovne Banske Hrvatske, u radu se analiziraju i sudski slučajevi koje Tkalčić ne obrađuje. Prvi utjecaji demonologije na ovome prostoru mogu se primijetiti krajem 16. stoljeća, no do značajnog razvoja definicije zločina vještičarenja na koju je utjecala demonologija, uključujući i kanonski demonološki traktat Malleus maleficarum, dolazi tijekom 17. stoljeća. Oblikovanje definicije zločina vještičarenja završava 1699. godinom kad su zabilježeni najintenzivniji progoni vještica na području Banske Hrvatske. U analizi utjecaja traktata Malleus maleficarum na definiciju zločina vještičarenja u sudskim procesima na području Banske Hrvatske rad se oslanja na suvremene tekovine povijesti znanja, odnosno heuristički koncept cirkulacije znanja Johana Östlinga. U radu se pruža i kratki pregled tijeka progona vještica na području Banske Hrvatske. U analitičkom fokusu rada je analiza definicije zločina vještičarenja artikulirane u demonološkom traktatu Malleus maleficarum, za koju se ispostavlja da je nastala inverzijom određenih elemenata katoličke dogme i prakse.

Abstract (english)

The main goal of this paper is to analyse the hypothesis that the Malleus maleficarum, a late 15th century demonological treatise by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, had a great influence on the definition of the crime of witchcraft which has developed in witch trials in the early modern Kingdom of Croatia. To be more precise, the paper argues that all the key elements of Kramer’s concept of witchcraft can be found in the early modern court records from the witch trials which have been published by Ivan Tkalčić in a document called “Izprave o progonu vješticah u Hrvatskoj.” However, due to the fact that some court records of witch trials from the early modern Kingdom of Croatia are missing from “Izprave”, this paper also analyses witch trials which have not been mentioned by Tkalčić. The first influence of demonology in the Kingdom of Croatia can be traced back to the end of the 16th century. But, significant influence of demonology, the Malleus included, on the definition of the crime of witchcraft, has occurred during the 17th century. The definition of the crime of witchcraft was completed in 1699 when the most intense witch hunts have been recorded in the Kingdom of Croatia. In its analysis of the influence that the Malleus maleficarum has had on the definition of the crime of witchcraft in witch trials in the Kingdom of Croatia, the paper relies on the contemporary findings of the history of knowledge, or to be more specific, on the heuristic concept of the circulation of knowledge by Johan Östling. In the analytical focus of this thesis is the definition of the crime of witchcraft that was articulated in the demonological treatise the Malleus maleficarum, which was constructed by inverting several elements of the Catholic dogmas and practices.

• Keywords: Malleus maleficarum; Heinrich Kramer; Ivan Tkalčić; sudski procesi; vještice; Banska Hrvatska
• Keywords (english): Malleus maleficarum; Heinrich Kramer; Ivan Tkalčić; witch trials; witches; the Kingdom of Croatia
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:900376
• Study programme: Title: History (single major); specializations in: Research, Teaching; Course: Research; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra povijesti (magistar/magistra povijesti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-12 08:21:39