History A-Level
Bureaucratic reform
What Bureaucratic reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Bureaucratic reform
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Royal government was reformed by relying on letrados, university-educated lawyers, in the royal councils, bypassing the traditional aristocracy.
Topics that use Bureaucratic reform
- 1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598 (A-level only) – The forging of a new state, 1469–1516 (AQA A-Level)
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