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Rev Alonso “Alonso Tostado” Fernández de Madrigal

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Rev Alonso “Alonso Tostado” Fernández de Madrigal

Birth
Ávila, Provincia de Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain
Death
3 Sep 1455 (aged 54–55)
Ávila, Provincia de Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain
Burial
Ávila, Provincia de Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain Add to Map
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Alonso Tostado Fernández de Madrigal aka Afonso Tostado aka Alfonso Tostado aka Alphonsus Tostatusaka Tostatus Abulensis aka El Tostado aka El Abulense.
Spanish theologian.
University of Salamanca graduate.
Councilor of John II of Castile aka Juan II de Castilla y León (1405-1454), King of Castile 1406-1454.
An early theorist on witchcraft; wrote 'De maleficis mulieribus, quae vulgariter dicuntur bruxas' (1440).
Alonso Tostado Fernández de Madrigal aka Afonso Tostado aka Alfonso Tostado aka Alphonsus Tostatusaka Tostatus Abulensis aka El Tostado aka El Abulense.
Spanish theologian.
University of Salamanca graduate.
Councilor of John II of Castile aka Juan II de Castilla y León (1405-1454), King of Castile 1406-1454.
An early theorist on witchcraft; wrote 'De maleficis mulieribus, quae vulgariter dicuntur bruxas' (1440).

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