History A-Level
Financial and military weakness
What Financial and military weakness means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Financial and military weakness
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Spain's chronic inability to pay its troops caused mutinies and undermined military effectiveness, weakening its control.
Topics that use Financial and military weakness
- Securing the independence of the United Provinces, 1584–1609 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Causes of Spanish failure
- De facto independence
- Diplomacy and truce
- English and French interventions
- Growing divergence of north and south
- Impact on the Dutch Revolt and independence
- International involvement in the Dutch Revolt
- Leadership and political authority
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