History A-Level
Scale and social reach of witch persecution
What Scale and social reach of witch persecution means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Around 600 executions in the prince-bishopric during the 1620s, with victims drawn from elite and propertied groups such as councillors, burgomasters, merchants and clergy.
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- 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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