History A-Level
Dynastic threat
What Dynastic threat means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Dynastic threat
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A challenge to the throne posed by a rival claimant or figurehead, as with Lambert Simnel impersonating the Earl of Warwick.
Topics that use Dynastic threat
- 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 – The end of the Yorkist Dynasty, 1486–1499 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Centralisation of power
- Consolidation of power
- Dynastic legitimacy
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- Foreign diplomacy
- Foreign intervention
- Foreign policy
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