Frontier warfare
What Frontier warfare means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Conflict in Maine from 1069 to 1073 saw local lords and the counts of Anjou challenge Norman control, requiring William to campaign repeatedly.
Indian threats on the frontier brought fear, refugees and suspicion of outsiders into Essex County communities.
Topics that use Frontier warfare
- Normandy, 1066–1106 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750 - 5 Cotton Mather and the Salem witch hunt, 1692–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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