Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 option: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580-c1750 October 2020 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 process of accusations in Bamberg and the nature of beliefs in witches.

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 case of Gilly Duncan responsible for the spread of witch hunting in Scotland in the years 1590–97?

How far do you agree that the causes of the East Anglian witch craze (1645–47) were primarily economic?

How accurate is it to say that the case of the Boy of Burton (1597) was the most significant reason for the growth of scepticism in the years c1580–c1750?

How significant were Francis Bacon and the development of empiricism to the ending of beliefs in magic and witchcraft in the years c1580–c1750?