History A-Level
Lancastrian legitimacy
What Lancastrian legitimacy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Lancastrian legitimacy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Presenting himself as a defender of orthodoxy helped consolidate Lancastrian religious authority.
Topics that use Lancastrian legitimacy
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 2 Henry V and the conquest of France, 1413–21 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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