Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England.
A person unfairly blamed for the misfortunes of others, used by villagers to explain crop failures and poverty.
Scapegoat appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England and Case Studies: Gunpowder Plot and Witch-hunts.
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