History A-Level
Hedge preaching
What Hedge preaching means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Hedge preaching
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A means of spreading Calvinism to rural and urban audiences beyond urban centres, challenging the authority of the Catholic Church.
Topics that use Hedge preaching
- Origins of the Dutch Revolt, c1563–67 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- 'Beggars'
- Centralisation versus local privilege
- Compromise of 1566
- Dutch grandees
- Huguenot migration
- Iconoclastic Fury
- Local autonomy
- Restoration of order
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