By the end of the seventeenth century, attitudes that witch hunting was a reasonable response to natural or social calamity changed.

By the end of the seventeenth century, attitudes that witch hunting was a reasonable response to natural or social calamity changed. This was largely brought about by the

A. Newtonian mechanistic view of the universe.

B. disbelief in Satan s responsibility for misfortunes.

C. improved living conditions of the seventeenth century.

D. increase in religious tolerance.

By the end of the seventeenth century, attitudes that witch hunting was a reasonable response to natural or social calamity changed.