History GCSE

Enlightenment

What Enlightenment means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Enlightenment

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A movement that promoted scientific reasoning over superstition and drove the ending of witchcraft prosecutions.

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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