History A-Level
Financial reform
What Financial reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Financial reform
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New methods of government developed to restore order and royal finances, expanding the Chamber system of finance to manage crown lands directly and achieve solvency.
Topics that use Financial reform
- 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 – 'The Sun in Splendour': the reign of Edward IV, 1471–1483 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Change and continuity
- Economic development
- Personal monarchy
- Regional government
- Regionalism
- Royal authority
- Social hierarchy
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