Institutional reform
What Institutional reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Elizabeth initiated significant legal reforms, most famously abolishing the death penalty, though her new law code remained incomplete.
Structural reforms, notably the Table of Ranks and provincial administration changes, required to maintain control of the empire.
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- 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – The epoch of palace coups, 1725–1762 (AQA A-Level)
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