History A-Level
Financial exploitation
What Financial exploitation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Financial exploitation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Papal financial demands on Germany included annates, expectancies and fees for offices, which drained wealth and provoked resentment.
Topics that use Financial exploitation
- Conditions in early sixteenth- century Germany (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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