History A-Level
Angevin lands overseas
What Angevin lands overseas means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Territories stretching from England through Normandy, Anjou, Maine and Touraine to Aquitaine, forming a cross-Channel empire with no single capital.
Topics that use Angevin lands overseas
- Paper 2, Option 2A.2: England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154–89 - 1 The restoration and extension of royal authority, 1154–72 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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