History A-Level
Changing attitudes to the supernatural
What Changing attitudes to the supernatural means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Astrology, providence and witchcraft beliefs coexisted with mechanical philosophy, while the new science gradually reshaped educated views of nature and the supernatural.
Topics that use Changing attitudes to the supernatural
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 2 The wider intellectual context: the coming of the age of science and reason (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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