History A-Level
Financial administration and taxation
What Financial administration and taxation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Financial administration and taxation
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His ambition drove relentless exploitation of royal finances, levying exorbitant scutages, tallages and feudal incidents like wardships which severely strained relations with the barons.
Topics that use Financial administration and taxation
- 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216 – King John, 1199–1214 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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- Crown-baron relations
- Ecclesiastical administration
- Financial opportunism
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- The development of English law
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