Power and control
What Power and control means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Reference: OCR
Elites played vital roles in administration, the military and religion as judges, generals and priests, while commoners worked land allocated through the calpulli system.
Imposing stone castles and Romanesque churches were built to project power, and rapid castle building secured conquered territory.
Topics that use Power and control
- British Depth Study: The Norman Conquest, 1065–1087 (OCR GCSE)
- World Depth Study: Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519–1535 (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Military strategy and tactics
- burhs
- Church hierarchy and royal control
- Conflict and violence
- Consolidation of Norman power
- Continuity and change
- Cultural assimilation
- Cultural transformation
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