History A-Level
Geography of the craze
What Geography of the craze means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Geography of the craze
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The craze was concentrated in Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and the associated counties, with the largest clusters in towns such as Manningtree, Chelmsford and Bury St Edmunds.
Topics that use Geography of the craze
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 4 Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian witch craze, 1645–47 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Breakdown of traditional authority
- Collapse of legal and church structures
- Cost of prosecution
- Economic crisis and wartime hardship
- Methods and influence of the witchfinders
- Restoration of authority
- Class and gender of victims
- Critique of witch-finding
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