110:, where he tried to denounce two women he claimed to be witches, eventhough he ended up renouncing to continue such accusations when local villagers threatened him with death. Joan Malet then fled to
77:, was a very violent man who once beat Joan up to the extent of making him lame for life. Joan had also learned some skills as a carpenter and lived in extreme poverty.
367:
226:
216:
309:
273:
led to the stopping of the remaining local judicial processes and to the release from prison of the remaining women under arrest.
331:
377:
222:
Given that only Malet's own testimony had been given as evidence for the arrest of those women, the various difficulties the
362:
30:
172:, Diego de Sarmiento y Sotomayor, tried to put the situation under control by summoning, on June 24, 1548, a council of
138:
387:
310:
https://www.sapiens.cat/temes/personatges/joan-malet-el-primer-cacador-de-bruixes-de-catalunya_200540_102.html
280:
in the months that followed, and had continued to work there as witch-hunter, was finally arrested by the
269:
in order to inspect the whole situation. The reports of fraudulent judicial procedure sent by de Vaca to
205:
181:
142:
130:
107:
66:
38:
27:
346:
337:
Interview to the journalist
SebastiĂ D'ArbĂł about Joan Malet's life, at the television programme
184:
in order to decide how to judge properly all the remaining women arrested after being accused of
382:
332:
https://www.elnacional.cat/es/cultura/joan-malet-el-cazador-de-brujas-cazado_591261_102.html
201:
123:
89:
85:
8:
292:
284:
281:
277:
250:
230:
223:
213:
150:
115:
46:
145:; dozens of poor women were arbitrarily denounced as witches by him, then tortured, and
229:
had in order to process the cases of more than 40 culprits, the orders coming from the
372:
111:
103:
81:
42:
327:
246:
165:
154:
241:
demanding to review the processes, and finally the fact that
Sarmiento ordered an
306:
PERSONATGES: Vida i mort de Joan Malet, el primer caçador de bruixes de
Catalunya
356:
258:
254:
234:
173:
158:
242:
73:
family. His father, who is said to have been condemned for having killed a
141:
as a witch-hunter, thus beginning an authentic reign of terror throughout
84:, Malet maintained a sexual relationship with a woman who claimed to be a
122:, although he was released on the condition that he would never practise
58:
270:
262:
238:
185:
98:
288:
266:
209:
197:
193:
189:
169:
322:
A historical report by Marc Pons at the
Catalonian digital journal
177:
119:
74:
146:
134:
70:
34:
347:
http://www.alacarta.cat/ben-trobats/tall/el-cacador-de-bruixes
164:
His campaign of terror in the region came to an end when the
62:
354:
192:as a protected witness. Therefore, beginning at
102:career as a witch-hunter in the village of
368:People executed by the Spanish Inquisition
114:, where he was eventually arrested by the
137:, where he offered his services to the
355:
257:confirmation of the sentence; led the
16:Catalan witch-hunter of Morisco origin
212:so that they could be judged by the
245:against 6 of those women, who were
92:, thus Malet coming to be known as
13:
14:
399:
316:
188:by Malet, who in turn stayed at
298:
291:, where he was executed by the
1:
343:La Xarxa de ComunicaciĂł Local
261:, in April 1549, to send the
96:(master Malet). He began his
88:and who allegedly taught him
247:publicly burned at the stake
106:, in the Low Ebro region of
52:
7:
363:16th-century Spanish people
26:1510 – July 2, 1549) was a
10:
404:
208:towns send those women to
378:People from Ribera d'Ebre
67:Principality of Catalonia
49:in the mid-16th century.
196:that year, the towns of
37:origin, who operated in
276:Malet, who had fled to
57:Joan Malet was born in
388:Witch trials in Spain
308:, AgustĂ Alcoberro. (
265:Francisco de Vaca to
129:He then returned to
147:executed by hanging
304:Revista SĂ piens,
295:on July 2, 1549.
287:and sent back to
153:could administer
149:, since only the
139:bishop of Tortosa
395:
166:Grand Inquisitor
155:death by burning
403:
402:
398:
397:
396:
394:
393:
392:
353:
352:
319:
301:
55:
17:
12:
11:
5:
401:
391:
390:
385:
380:
375:
370:
365:
351:
350:
335:
318:
317:External links
315:
314:
313:
300:
297:
65:region of the
54:
51:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
400:
389:
386:
384:
383:Witch hunters
381:
379:
376:
374:
371:
369:
366:
364:
361:
360:
358:
348:
345:TV channel. (
344:
340:
336:
333:
329:
325:
321:
320:
311:
307:
303:
302:
296:
294:
290:
286:
283:
279:
274:
272:
268:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
232:
228:
225:
220:
218:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
191:
187:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
162:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
127:
125:
121:
117:
113:
109:
105:
101:
100:
95:
91:
87:
83:
78:
76:
72:
68:
64:
61:, in the Low
60:
50:
48:
44:
40:
36:
32:
29:
25:
21:
342:
338:
323:
305:
299:Bibliography
275:
249:without the
221:
182:principality
163:
133:and went to
128:
97:
94:mestre Malet
93:
80:In Alcañiz,
79:
56:
31:witch-hunter
23:
19:
18:
339:Ben Trobats
324:El Nacional
293:Inquisition
285:Inquisition
251:Inquisition
231:Inquisition
224:Inquisition
214:Inquisition
178:theologians
151:Inquisition
116:Inquisition
357:Categories
271:Valladolid
263:inquisitor
243:auto de fe
239:Valladolid
206:Catalonian
204:and other
186:witchcraft
90:her skills
20:Joan Malet
289:Barcelona
282:Valencian
267:Barcelona
210:Barcelona
202:Montblanc
198:Tarragona
194:October 7
190:Barcelona
180:from the
170:Barcelona
143:Catalonia
131:Catalonia
108:Catalonia
99:freelance
86:sorceress
53:Biography
39:Catalonia
373:Moriscos
278:Valencia
219:there.
126:again.
120:Zaragoza
75:nobleman
47:Valencia
341:, from
328:Spanish
259:Suprema
255:Suprema
174:jurists
159:penalty
135:Tortosa
124:sorcery
71:Morisco
69:, to a
35:Morisco
28:Catalan
227:courts
217:courts
112:Aragon
82:Aragon
43:Aragon
326:, in
104:Arnes
24:circa
176:and
63:Ebro
59:Flix
45:and
330:. (
253:'s
237:at
235:see
233:'s
168:of
161:.
157:as
118:of
33:of
359::
200:,
41:,
349:)
334:)
312:)
22:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.