I just need to know if the sentences are possible (especially the ones in parentheses). I'm sending you the first five.
1)During the Middle Ages witchcraft was regarded as an offence against the State. Henry VIII imposed the death sentence for witchcraft.
2) (Henry VIII had witches sentenced to dea(th?)
3) Mary I distinguished between minor and major forms of witchcraft which included the use of magic. Finally, James I brought together all earlier laws.
4) As a whole witchcraft was considered a form of conspiracy against the crown because it involved secrecy.
5) People grew (?) interested in witchcraft (better: recurred to magic?) to face uncertainty in everyday life and improve their condition.
1. OK
2. OK; use "death." (period at the end of the sentence)
3. comma after "witchcraft"
4. comma after "whole"
5. People turned to witchcraft and magic in order to face uncertainty in everyday life and improve their outlooks on life.