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Popular culture, belief and the Witchcraze

Popular culture, belief and the Witchcraze

Flow diagram showing local misfortune, popular beliefs, neighbourly conflict and accusation from below combining with courts, demonology and legal procedure to produce persecution, with cautious judges and higher courts reducing trials

Popular culture was the shared customs, rituals and beliefs of ordinary people. It included festivals, charms, healing practices, gossip and ideas about misfortune, which shaped how communities explained bad luck.

Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /History
  3. /Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR AS Level History Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries for AS Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions.

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