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Witchcraft has always been a complex topic to teach and to learn. Witches, wizards and magicians continue to permeate our popular culture and can be found in many children’s stories. Beyond this literary fascination, however, the topic of witchcraft – along with the witch-hunts that occurred during the early modern period – represents a true social and cultural case to be historically examined. Magic has always existed in people’s imaginations, as well as in some traditions and urban legends, but when examining and studying witchcraft as a historical topic, some themes – especially around gender and class – begin to emerge. To start studying this complex topic, one might want to start with a short introduction to what we could call ‘historical witchcraft’.