History B Schools History Project GCSE
Privy Council
What Privy Council means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Privy Council
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Reference: OCR
Elizabeth's main advisory body, which managed daily administration and policy, though she retained final authority.
Topics that use Privy Council
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- Anglo-Spanish conflict
- East India Company
- Economic ambition
- Economic change
- Economic expansion
- Economic hardship and demographic change
- Exploration and colonisation
- Factional rivalry
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