History A-Level
Reason and natural law
What Reason and natural law means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Reason and natural law
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Their rise formed part of the changing intellectual contexts connected to these scientific developments and to the decline of witchcraft beliefs among elites.
Topics that use Reason and natural law
- 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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