Directions: Before completing this assignment make sure to have read The Malleus MaleficarumPreview the document and explored the Selections from the Book of
Magical Charms (Links to an external site.) available at the Newberry Library. Answer the following questions in 1-2 full paragraphs:
1) What types of spells are included in this Book of Charms? Did some of them strike you as strange? Why?
2) What sort of elements/things/materials are used in the spells? (give examples)
3) Did you notice that some spells contain Christian prayers to God and other Christian figures? Why do you think this is the case?
4) What are our modern ideas about witches and witchcraft? How can this Book of Magical Charms tell us about Early Modern Witchcraft that contradicts our
modern views and beliefs about witches?
Outcome: The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to experience first-hand an object related to the history of witchcraft. This will allow them to
think critically about witchcraft in the early modern world to dispel the myths about witches that have shaped our modern ideas about them.