History A-Level
Economic motives and property confiscation
What Economic motives and property confiscation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic motives and property confiscation
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Confessions extracted under torture allowed property confiscation, enriching the prince-bishop and his officials and creating material incentives for continued prosecution.
Topics that use Economic motives and property confiscation
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 3 The Great Witch Hunt, in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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