Cases of Witchcraft Declined After the Middle of the Seventeenth

question 14

Multiple Choice

Cases of witchcraft declined after the middle of the seventeenth century

• A)because authorities feared that such actions threatened their own authority.
• B)because ordinary people embraced scientific explanations of natural events.
• C)because people living in urban environments felt less vulnerable to mysterious forces.
• D)both because authorities feared that such actions threatened their own authority and because people living in urban environments felt less vulnerable to mysterious forces.
• E)All these answers are correct.

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