History GCSE
swim test
What swim test means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of swim test
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A water ordeal used to determine guilt, in which a person who floated was considered guilty.
Topics that use swim test
- Option 10: c1500–c1700: Crime and punishment in early modern England - 3 Case studies ● The Gunpowder Plotters, 1605: their crimes and punishment. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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