History A-Level
Crown–nobility relations
What Crown–nobility relations means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Crown–nobility relations
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The relationship in which major landowners were necessary props to the crown but also potential rivals between 1399 and 1509.
Topics that use Crown–nobility relations
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 1 Changing relationships between crown and the nobility: 'over- mighty subjects' (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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