History A-Level
Dynastic instability
What Dynastic instability means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Dynastic instability
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Reference: AQA
The Byzantine Empire was plagued by dynastic instability following the deposition of Isaac II, creating a fatal vulnerability and a pretext for crusader intervention.
Topics that use Dynastic instability
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Third and Fourth Crusades, 1187–1204 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Angevin-Capetian territorial rivalry
- Commercial rivalry and opportunism
- Crusader States
- Diplomacy and negotiation
- Economic and logistical constraints
- Factionalism and political rivalry
- Geopolitical shifts
- jihad
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