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Occult scholarship, demonology, Gothic supernaturalism

Montague Summers

1880 – 1948

Montague Summers was an English clergyman and scholar who devoted his career to the serious academic study of witchcraft, vampirism, and lycanthropy, professing genuine personal belief in each. His History of Witchcraft and Demonology (1926) was followed by landmark studies of vampires and werewolves drawn from historical and folkloric sources across Europe. He also produced the first modern English translation of the Malleus Maleficarum, treating it as a practical guide rather than a historical curiosity.

DemonologyCross-CulturalEuropean folkloreThe Infernal HierarchyCatholic DemonologyReligious historyDemonic Possessionsupernatural harmSupernatural evil

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Demonology

Demonology texts covering spirit hierarchies, possession, exorcism, theological classification, grimoires, and early modern debates on magic.

Folklore Studies

Folklore studies texts on folk tales, fairy belief, superstition, regional customs, oral tradition, and the collection of vernacular belief.

Works in the Archive1 volume

History of Witchcraft and Demonology

History of Witchcraft and Demonology

1926

Intermediate

Translations & Edited Works

Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum1487
translator
Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum1487
translator
Compendium Maleficarum
Compendium Maleficarum1608
editor

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