History A-Level
Foreign intervention and diplomacy
What Foreign intervention and diplomacy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Foreign intervention and diplomacy
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Danish fleets supporting northern rebels and the 1075 revolt, and Scottish intervention sustaining opposition, alongside diplomatic support such as papal backing for William.
Topics that use Foreign intervention and diplomacy
- Paper 2, Option 2A.1: Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053–1106 - 2 The Norman conquest of England and extension of control in Wales and Scotland, 1066–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Anglo-Scottish relations
- Castles and control
- Consolidation of Norman rule
- Feudalism and land tenure
- Methods of control and suppression
- Norman expansion and frontier control
- Resistance and rebellion
- Royal authority
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