Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 option: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580-c1750 June 2024 question paper 9HI0/33

Study the source in the Source Booklet before you answer this question.

Assess the value of the source for revealing the beliefs about the nature of supernatural powers and the role of judges in Scotland in the late sixteenth century.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

How far do you agree that the beliefs and conduct of Judges Bromley and Altham determined the outcome of the trial of the Lancashire witches in 1612?

How accurate is it to say that it was the impact of Cotton Mather that led to the severity of the Salem witch hunt?

4 ‘The impact of sceptic publications on attitudes to witchcraft in Britain, in the years c1580–c1750, was limited.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

5 ‘Hobbes and Locke did little to diminish beliefs in magic and the supernatural in the years c1650–c1750.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?