Malleus maleficarum (Hammer of Witches), written in 1486 by the Austrian Catholic priest, Heinrich Kramer became the second-best-selling book after the Bible in Europe for more than two centuries. This book has three parts describing witchcraft in elaborate detail, it became the official handbook for detecting, capturing, trying, and executing witches.
The first part acknowledged the existence of witches. Much power was given to an accuser, regardless of his or her status in the community. Criminals, the insane, or children could testify against an accused witch once the person was brought to trial.
The second part of the book described the satanic activities of witches. Special emphasis was placed on the relationship between female witches and the devil. Witches were accused of eating children, having sex with the devil, going to sabbaths with other witches and demons, and having evil connections with animals.
The third part of the Malleus gave free license to lawyers and clergymen to take any means necessary to obtain a signed or verbal confession. To protect lawyers and clergy themselves from charges of murder, all accused witches were presumed guilty and their innocence did not have to be proven. Any accused person could be taken from his or her home to the courts and subjected to various methods of extreme torture. The book prescribed these methods in detail, noting various markings that could "prove" a person was a witch.
Witches were thought to have various magical cock related capabilities, the most evil of which is the ability to make a mans cock vanish entirely. The witches then kept the stolen penises as pets and fed them oats and kept them alive in nests on top of penis trees.
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