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Heinrich Kramer

1430 - 1505

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Heinrich Kramer (c. 1430 – 1505, aged 74-75), also known under the Latinized name Henricus Institor, was a German churchman and inquisitor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Kramer has received more than 406,466 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Heinrich Kramer is the 969th most popular writer (up from 1,075th in 2019), the 1,101st most popular biography from France (up from 1,252nd in 2019) and the 146th most popular French Writer.

Heinrich Kramer was a German inquisitor and author of the Malleus Maleficarum, which was published in 1487. The Malleus Maleficarum was a handbook for identifying, punishing, and controlling witches and heretics.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Heinrich Kramer ranks 969 out of 7,302. Before him are Percy Fawcett, Victorien Sardou, B. Traven, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Alexander Griboyedov, and Imru' al-Qais. After him are Nikolay Karamzin, Stephen Covey, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Kurt Eisner, Quintus Tullius Cicero, and Tannhäuser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1430, Heinrich Kramer ranks 8. Before him are Antonello da Messina, Margaret of Anjou, Carlo Crivelli, James II of Scotland, Cosimo Tura, and Dorothea of Brandenburg. After him are Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Justus van Gent, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Francesco Laurana, Antoine Busnois, and Desiderio da Settignano. Among people deceased in 1505, Heinrich Kramer ranks 9. Before him are Al-Suyuti, Hongzhi Emperor, Jacob Obrecht, Elizabeth of Austria, Gülbahar Hatun, and Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. After him are Ascanio Sforza, Johannes Widmann, Jean Hey, Constantine II of Georgia, and João Fernandes Lavrador.

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In France

Among people born in France, Heinrich Kramer ranks 1,101 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Charles Trenet (1913), Odo the Great (650), Lucien Tesnière (1893), Victorien Sardou (1831), and Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698). After him are Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Flora Tristan (1803), and Coluche (1944).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Heinrich Kramer ranks 146. Before him are Pierre Larousse (1817), Alexandra David-Néel (1868), Johannes Tauler (1300), George Steiner (1929), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), and Victorien Sardou (1831). After him are Jean de Joinville (1224), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Nicolas Chamfort (1741), Bertran de Born (1140), Jean Giraudoux (1882), and André Bazin (1918).

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