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Offer for publishers - CORPRESS SYSTEMWitch-hunts supported by the Roman Catholic Inquisition began in the Late Middle Ages. In 1487, the notorious Malleus Maleficarum was published, inaugurating the period of witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe which would last for the following two centuries. The witch trials in Early Modern Europe became a major issue in the 17th century: persuasion and some torture was used to make people confess to a covenant with the Devil. Different methods were used in the examinations: archive records provide a rich amount of them. In this article, the Authors provide a short introduction about witchcraft, focusing on the situation in Northern Italy during the period of 16th-17th century, using original sources and archive records1.