Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 option: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580-c1750 November 2021 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 criticisms raised with the Norfolk assize judges about witch-hunting in East Anglia in 1647 and Hopkins’ defence of his actions.

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

To what extent was the cause of the Pendle witch hunts economic?

3 ‘The Great Witch Hunt in Bamberg ended as a result of the influence of Emperor Ferdinand II and the Imperial Chamber Court.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) had the most significant impact on changing attitudes to witchcraft in Britain in the years c1580–c1750?

How significant were the founding of Gresham College (1597) and the Royal Society (1662) in the changing approaches to human understanding and knowledge in Britain in the years c1580–c1750?