History A-Level
Court of Oyer and Terminer
What Court of Oyer and Terminer means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Court of Oyer and Terminer
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The court that tried the accused and executed nineteen by hanging and one by pressing, using spectral and confessional evidence.
Topics that use Court of Oyer and Terminer
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 5 Cotton Mather and the Salem witch hunt, 1692–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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