I just watched "The DaVinci Code" last night. It was peppered with some interesting historical tidbits, especially the "war on women" in the 2nd millenium. It even includes a discussion of the
Malleus Maleficarum, a sort of "Idiots Guide to Witch Hunting".
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Part of this section explains why women, by their weaker nature and inferior intellect, were supposedly naturally more prone to the lure of Satan than men. The book title itself contains the word maleficarum, the female form of the noun, and the writers (incorrectly) declare that the word femina (woman) is a derivation of fe+minus, faithless.
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