Abstract
Martin del Rio was a Spanish-Flemish Jesuit (1551–1608) who was renowned in his own day as one of the most learned men in Europe. He published several volumes of edited and annotated Roman authors, but his lasting fame rests upon a massive survey of magic, witchcraft, and allied subject matter which he published in three volumes in 1599–1600. It is remarkable for the extent of its inquiries and discussions, and the erudition supporting them, and it became the fundamental textbook for theologians and lawyers in particular until the middle of the eighteenth century. Its influence on witchcraft prosecutions was thus immense.
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Maxwell-Stuart, P. (2022). Rio, Martin del. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_126
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