History A-Level
Financial coercion
What Financial coercion means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Financial coercion
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Bonds and recognisances bound subjects financially to good behaviour, aiming to secure his dynasty though they bred resentment.
Topics that use Financial coercion
- 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)
Related terms
- Consolidation of power
- Consolidation of Tudor power
- Dynastic challenge
- Foreign intervention
- Legitimacy and succession
- Loyalty and betrayal
- Margaret of Burgundy
- Regional identity and grievance
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