June 2025 Edexcel: A Level
History 9HI0/33 Paper 3 –
Themes in Breadth with
Aspects in Depth, Option
33: The Witchcraze in
Britain, Europe and North
America, c.1580–c.1750 –
Merged Question Paper &
Mark Scheme
, June 2025 Edexcel: A Level History 9HI0/33 Paper 3 – Themes in Breadth with
Aspects in Depth, Option 33: The Witchcraze in Britain, Europe and North
America, c.1580–c.1750 – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme
Exam Resource Summary
The June 2025 Edexcel A Level History 9HI0/33 document merges the official
question paper and mark scheme for Paper 3 – Themes in Breadth with Aspects in
Depth, covering Option 33: The Witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America,
c.1580–c.1750. This paper assesses students' understanding of the social, religious,
and political factors contributing to the witch hunts and trials during this period,
including the role of gender, religion, and authority in the persecution of alleged
witches. The merged format provides students with full visibility of examiner
expectations, mark allocation, and question structure
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Answer Question 1.
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Study the source in the Source Booklet before you answer this question.
1 Assess the value of the source for revealing how accusations of witchcraft
spread in Bamberg and the process of securing a confession there.
Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin
and your own knowledge about the historical context.
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History 9HI0/33 Paper 3 –
Themes in Breadth with
Aspects in Depth, Option
33: The Witchcraze in
Britain, Europe and North
America, c.1580–c.1750 –
Merged Question Paper &
Mark Scheme
, June 2025 Edexcel: A Level History 9HI0/33 Paper 3 – Themes in Breadth with
Aspects in Depth, Option 33: The Witchcraze in Britain, Europe and North
America, c.1580–c.1750 – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme
Exam Resource Summary
The June 2025 Edexcel A Level History 9HI0/33 document merges the official
question paper and mark scheme for Paper 3 – Themes in Breadth with Aspects in
Depth, covering Option 33: The Witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America,
c.1580–c.1750. This paper assesses students' understanding of the social, religious,
and political factors contributing to the witch hunts and trials during this period,
including the role of gender, religion, and authority in the persecution of alleged
witches. The merged format provides students with full visibility of examiner
expectations, mark allocation, and question structure
Turn over
, SECTION A
Answer Question 1.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Study the source in the Source Booklet before you answer this question.
1 Assess the value of the source for revealing how accusations of witchcraft
spread in Bamberg and the process of securing a confession there.
Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin
and your own knowledge about the historical context.
(20)
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