Dynastic challenge
What Dynastic challenge means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A threat to the throne from claimants such as Lambert Simnel, claiming to be Edward, Earl of Warwick, and Perkin Warbeck, claiming to be Richard, Duke of York.
The problem posed by Mary, Queen of Scots, who created a royal rival with a claim to the throne after her arrival in 1568.
Topics that use Dynastic challenge
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 5 Henry VII: seizing the throne and trying to keep it, 1485–97 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603 - 4 Queen takes Queen? The revolt of the northern earls, 1569–70 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Consolidation of power
- Consolidation of Tudor power
- Court faction
- Financial coercion
- Foreign intervention
- Legitimacy and succession
- Loyalty and betrayal
- Margaret of Burgundy
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