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Elizabethan Witchcraft Act Passed

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1563Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1563

Elizabeth I1563

Westminster · House / House of Tudor

Parliament restores witchcraft as a secular criminal offence and establishes penalties varying with the harm alleged.

Names involved

Elizabeth I

Provenance

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