History A-Level
Act of Abjuration
What Act of Abjuration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Act of Abjuration
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Issued by the States-General in 1581, it formally deposed Philip II and declared the provinces free of their oath of allegiance, creating the Republic of the United Provinces.
Topics that use Act of Abjuration
- Spain and the reconquest, 1573–84 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Duke of Anjou
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- Parma's diplomacy
- Provincial particularism
- Union of Arras
- Union of Utrecht
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