Witchcraft in Europe Witchcraft lore has been around for thousands of years. One would be able to assume this since their overall knowledge wasn’t as advanced as we have become. We know how things work, what helps our plants grow, and how to heal people through medicine. The previous were all things the early people in Europe new little about, thus anyone that seemed able to do these things were considered a witch. The reason they were considered witches was because if they were able to help others, they could also use their powers for harm (A History of Witch Trials in Europe). The phenomena was so widespread that even a pope once confirmed the existence of witches. Many stereotypes that people typically correlate with witches, many of these
