History B Schools History Project GCSE
Patriarchy
What Patriarchy means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Patriarchy
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Reference: OCR
A system in which husbands held legal and economic authority over their wives within the household.
Topics that use Patriarchy
Related terms
- Anglo-Spanish conflict
- East India Company
- Economic ambition
- Economic change
- Economic expansion
- Economic hardship and demographic change
- Exploration and colonisation
- Factional rivalry
Using Patriarchy in the exam
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