History A-Level
The scale and spread of persecution
What The scale and spread of persecution means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The number of trials and executions grew and spread across Scotland in the 1590s, reaching a peak by 1597.
Topics that use The scale and spread of persecution
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 1 The North Berwick witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the aftermath to 1597 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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