The Malleus Maleficarum was used to

A) identify Protestants living as Catholics.
B) identify witches.
C) identify Jews living as Christians.
D) reinstitute Catholicism in a previously Protestant area.
E) identify who was literate.

The Malleus Maleficarum, also known as the Witch Hammer, was a guidebook for identifying witches and prosecuting them during the witch hunts of the late Middle Ages and early modern period. Its purpose was to assist in the identification, prosecution, and punishment of supposed witches.