Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
History
Advanced
PAPER 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth
Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
Time: 2 hours 15 minutes | Paper Reference: 9HI0/33
You must have:
Source Booklet (enclosed)
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate
number.
You must answer three questions.
There are three sections in this question paper. Answer the question in Section
A, one question from Section B and one question from Section C.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much
time to spend on each question.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
, Good luck with your examination.
SOURCE BOOKLET
Source for use with Section A.
Source 1: Adapted from a letter from Johannes Junius, the former mayor of Bamberg, to his
daughter, Veronica, written from his prison cell on 24 July 1628. Junius was executed as a witch
five days later.
Many hundred thousand good-nights, my dearly beloved daughter Veronica. Innocent have I
come into prison, innocent have I been tortured, innocent must I die. For whoever comes into
the witch prison must become a witch or be tortured until he invents something out of his head
and—God pity him—bethinks him of something.
I will tell you how it has gone with me. When I was first put to the torture, the executioner put
the thumb-screws on my thumbs. They were so tight that the blood spurted from my nails, so
that for four weeks I could not use my hands. They stripped me, bound my hands behind me,
and drew me up on the ladder. I thought heaven and earth were at an end. Then they 剥 my
clothes from me and pricked me all over with needles. They said I was a witch, and I must
confess. I said I knew nothing and would confess nothing. They would not cease, and asked me
again from what person I had got my witchcraft? I said I had never renounced God, and knew
nothing of the matter.
At last the executioner brought the scourge and said he would torture me until I confessed. I had
to tell him something. I said I knew not. So he began to flog me. I said to him, "Kill me then, if I
am to confess what I have not done." He said he would do so. I then said I would confess
anything they wished, for I could bear it no longer. So I had to tell him that I had renounced God
and given myself to the witch-dance. But I said I had done all this under torture, which I could no
longer endure. I beg you, for God's sake, do not think evil of me. I die from malice and violence,
not for truth.
History
Advanced
PAPER 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth
Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750
Time: 2 hours 15 minutes | Paper Reference: 9HI0/33
You must have:
Source Booklet (enclosed)
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate
number.
You must answer three questions.
There are three sections in this question paper. Answer the question in Section
A, one question from Section B and one question from Section C.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets – use this as a guide as to how much
time to spend on each question.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
, Good luck with your examination.
SOURCE BOOKLET
Source for use with Section A.
Source 1: Adapted from a letter from Johannes Junius, the former mayor of Bamberg, to his
daughter, Veronica, written from his prison cell on 24 July 1628. Junius was executed as a witch
five days later.
Many hundred thousand good-nights, my dearly beloved daughter Veronica. Innocent have I
come into prison, innocent have I been tortured, innocent must I die. For whoever comes into
the witch prison must become a witch or be tortured until he invents something out of his head
and—God pity him—bethinks him of something.
I will tell you how it has gone with me. When I was first put to the torture, the executioner put
the thumb-screws on my thumbs. They were so tight that the blood spurted from my nails, so
that for four weeks I could not use my hands. They stripped me, bound my hands behind me,
and drew me up on the ladder. I thought heaven and earth were at an end. Then they 剥 my
clothes from me and pricked me all over with needles. They said I was a witch, and I must
confess. I said I knew nothing and would confess nothing. They would not cease, and asked me
again from what person I had got my witchcraft? I said I had never renounced God, and knew
nothing of the matter.
At last the executioner brought the scourge and said he would torture me until I confessed. I had
to tell him something. I said I knew not. So he began to flog me. I said to him, "Kill me then, if I
am to confess what I have not done." He said he would do so. I then said I would confess
anything they wished, for I could bear it no longer. So I had to tell him that I had renounced God
and given myself to the witch-dance. But I said I had done all this under torture, which I could no
longer endure. I beg you, for God's sake, do not think evil of me. I die from malice and violence,
not for truth.
