Malleus maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) was published by Catholic inquisition authorities in 1485-86.
"All wickedness, is but little to the wickedness of a woman. ... What else is woman but a foe to friendship, an unescapable punishment, a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, domestic danger, a delectable detriment, an evil nature, painted with fair colours. ... Women are by nature instruments of Satan -- they are by nature carnal, a structural defect rooted in the original creation." Quote found at http://www.gendercide.org/case_witchhunts.html
Ah, another pivotal handbook on misogyny.
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