History A-Level
Delay and political distraction
What Delay and political distraction means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Delay and political distraction
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
No sustained campaign followed condemnation and excommunication, partly because political distractions, especially Charles V's wars, delayed action.
Topics that use Delay and political distraction
- The spread and survival of Lutheranism, 1521–55 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Catholic reform and renewal
- Conversion and territorial expansion
- Failed diplomacy and confessional division
- French and Ottoman pressure on Charles V
- Habsburg imperial overstretch
- Papal authority and fear of councils
- Political authority and territorial religion
- Political compromise and the survival of Lutheranism
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