"Benedikt Carpzov the Younger (27 May 1595, Wittenberg - 30 August 1666, Leipzig) was a German criminal lawyer and a witchcraft theoretician who wrote extensively on ...
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witch processes. His 1635 work Practica Rerum Criminalium dealt with the trial of those accused of witchcraft, supporting the use of torture to extract confessions from the accused; as many as 20,000 people may have been killed as a consequence of his efforts. Carpzov is considered the founder of the German jurisprudence. He is also known under pen-name Ludovicus de Montesperato." - (en.wikipedia.org 26.09.2022)
