by J. K. Swift
And those men and women, did exist.
The Malleus Maleficarum
There is, in fact, a treatise on witchcraft known as the Malleus Maleficarum. However, it was published well after Leopold of Habsburg’s time by Dominicans named Heinrich Kramer and Jakob Sprenger in Germany in 1487. It was a collection of witch lore from several different sources, and became a bestseller of its time. The reason I exercised my right as a fiction writer to so blatantly pluck it from its time period and thrust it into the hands of Leopold of Habsburg, is because I discovered it actually has a story in it about a witch-archer being forced to shoot a penny off his son’s cap by a despicable Prince.
In other words, I thought it was cool. I hope the true historians out there can forgive me.
About the author
J. K. Swift lives in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of The Forest Knights series of novels, which are set in medieval Switzerland. He is also an award-winning short story writer. He has worked as an elementary school teacher, jailhouse guard, Japanese translator, log peeler, accountant, martial arts instructor, massage therapist, technical editor, and has called a few Bingo games. He gets his story ideas while traveling in Europe and wandering aimlessly along the streets and beaches of the Pacific Northwest.
www.jkswift.com
Table of Contents
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Dedication
The Bond
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Historical Notes
About the author