History A-Level
Elite opinion and legal authority
What Elite opinion and legal authority means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Elite opinion and legal authority
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The Salem witch hunt collapsed as elite opinion turned, with growing doubts among clergy and the public ending executions and trials.
Topics that use Elite opinion and legal authority
- 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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