Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Popular culture.
Periodic courts held by visiting professional judges from London, whose suspension during the Civil War led to a spike in local executions.
Assizes appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Elizabethans (1580–1603), especially Popular culture and Witches.
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