Complex sentence: The Acts of Elizabeth and James changed the law of witchcraft by making it a felony, thus removing the accused witches from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the courts of common law.
Split into simpler sentences: The Acts of Elizabeth and James changed the law of witchcraft in two major respects. First, by making witchcraft a felony, they removed the accused witches from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the courts of common law.