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Access to History: The Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Second Edition
Access to History: The Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Second Edition
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Exam board: Pearson Edexcel; OCR
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)

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- Engage with sources, interpretations and the latest historical research: students will evaluate a rich collection of visual and written materials, plus key debates that examine the views of different historians

Language
English
ISBN
9781510459137
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Title Page
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Contents
Introduction: about this book
Chapter 1 Context
Chapter 2 Witch-hunting in early modern Europe
1 The rise of witch-hunting
2 The legal foundations of witch-hunting
3 Explanations for witch-hunting
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
Chapter 3 Popular culture in early modern Europe
1 The debate over popular culture(s)
2 Common cultures
3 Challenges to popular cultures
Question practice: OCR
Chapter 4 Witch-hunting in Europe
1 The dynamics of European witch-hunting
2 Witch-hunts in Trier, Würzburg, Bamberg and Cologne
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
Chapter 5 Witch-hunting in England
1 Witchcraft in early modern England
2 English witch-hunting 1560–1612
3 The Lancashire witches 1612
4 Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian witch-hunt 1645–7
5 Key debate
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
Chapter 6 Witchcraft in Scotland and New England
1 The North Berwick witch-hunt
2 Witch-hunting in Scotland 1591–1670
3 The Salem witch trials
4 Key debate
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
Chapter 7 The end of witch-hunting
1 Reasons for the decline of European witch-hunting
2 The end of witch-hunting in England
Question practice: OCR
Question practice: Pearson Edexcel
Chapter 8 Conclusion
1 Reasons for the witchcraze
2 The nature of the persecutions
3 Reasons for the decline of witch-hunting
Question practice: OCR
Exam focus: OCR
Exam focus: Pearson Edexcel
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