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1736 Witchcraft Act

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This law ended executions for witchcraft, redefining it as a crime of fraud rather than a supernatural offence.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 10: c1700–c1900: Crime and punishment in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century Britain - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (study guide)

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Option 10: c1700–c1900: Crime and punishment in eighteenth- and nineteenth- century Britain - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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