Nicholas of Cusa reports that on his travels through the French Alps in 1457, he met two old women who told him they were in the service of Domina Abundia. They identified themselves as apostate Christians, and had been imprisoned for witchcraft. Nicholas felt that they had been deluded by the devil, but should be allowed to receive penance rather than burning at the stake.Hans Peter Broedel, The Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraft: Theology and Popular Belief (Manchester University Press, 2003), p. 109.
nicholas of cusa reports that on his travels through the french alps in 1457 he met two old women who told him they were in the service of domina abundia they identified themselves as apostate christians and had been imprisoned for witchcraft nicholas felt that they had been deluded by the devil but should be allowed to receive penance rather than burning at the stakehans peter broedel the malleus maleficarum and the construction of witchcraft theology and popular belief (manchester university press 2003) p 109