Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 33 2025 Qp Pdf

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 Option 33 question paper from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/33) covering The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750. This examiner-issued PDF contains the complete original paper layout, all Section A source-evaluation questions, Section B thematic essays, Section C breadth-and-depth essays, and the official source booklet used in the live Summer 2025 examination.

This paper assesses major themes in early modern witchcraft history including the Bamberg witch trials, the Salem witch hunt, Scottish witch hunts, scepticism towards witchcraft, and the growth of empirical scientific thinking. Questions cover the spread of witchcraft accusations in Bamberg, the process of securing confessions under torture, the significance of the Earl of Bothwell in Scottish witch hunts, Increase Mather’s influence on the ending of the Salem trials, John Webster’s The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, and Francis Bacon’s impact on changing approaches to human knowledge and understanding. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/33 June 2025 mark scheme on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and essay-marking practice. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade A-Level History revision.

This document is designed for Year 12 and Year 13 students preparing for the 2026 Pearson Edexcel A-Level History examinations, including retake candidates targeting A and A* grades, sixth-form learners, and home-educated students studying early modern witchcraft beliefs, persecution and intellectual change. It is especially valuable for students refining source evaluation, thematic essay writing and analytical historical argument under timed exam conditions.

It is equally useful for teachers, private tutors, revision-course providers and parents supporting advanced History revision at home. The paper can be used to run timed mocks, assess understanding of witch hunts, scepticism, religious fear and scientific development, practise source interpretation, standardise essay-marking approaches, and identify weaknesses in contextual analysis, judgement and historical argumentation.