Baronial power
What Baronial power means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Entrenched power of the baronage in 1154, shown by over-mighty barons holding adulterine castles and usurping royal rights.
Control by magnates of castles, local courts and armed retinues, often exercised with little royal oversight.
Topics that use Baronial power
- 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216 – The Restoration of Royal Authority, 1154–1166 (AQA A-Level)
- 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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