Pearson Edexcel A Level History
Paper 3 (9HI0/33): Themes in breadth with aspects in depth
Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
SECTION A
Answer Question 1.
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)
(Total for Section A = 20 marks)
SECTION B
Answer ONE question.
, 2. How far could the witch-hunt in Trier be considered a product of social and economic
tensions? (20)
3. To what extent was the publication of King James VI and I's Daemonologie (1597) the most
significant factor in the spread of witch-hunting in Scotland? (20)
4. How accurate is it to say that the witch-hunt in Bamberg (1623-1632) was driven primarily by
the ambition of Prince-Bishop Johann Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim? (20)
(Total for Section B = 20 marks)
SECTION C
Answer ONE question.
5. "The primary reason for the decline of witch-hunting in Europe was the growth of scepticism
among the elites." How far do you agree with this statement? (20)
6. To what extent did the English Civil War and Interregnum (1642-1660) create the conditions
for the witch-hunts of the 1640s? (20)
7. How significant were the Salem witch trials in demonstrating the limits of both religious and
legal authority in colonial New England? (20)
Paper 3 (9HI0/33): Themes in breadth with aspects in depth
Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
SECTION A
Answer Question 1.
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)
(Total for Section A = 20 marks)
SECTION B
Answer ONE question.
, 2. How far could the witch-hunt in Trier be considered a product of social and economic
tensions? (20)
3. To what extent was the publication of King James VI and I's Daemonologie (1597) the most
significant factor in the spread of witch-hunting in Scotland? (20)
4. How accurate is it to say that the witch-hunt in Bamberg (1623-1632) was driven primarily by
the ambition of Prince-Bishop Johann Georg II Fuchs von Dornheim? (20)
(Total for Section B = 20 marks)
SECTION C
Answer ONE question.
5. "The primary reason for the decline of witch-hunting in Europe was the growth of scepticism
among the elites." How far do you agree with this statement? (20)
6. To what extent did the English Civil War and Interregnum (1642-1660) create the conditions
for the witch-hunts of the 1640s? (20)
7. How significant were the Salem witch trials in demonstrating the limits of both religious and
legal authority in colonial New England? (20)
