History A-Level
Late Elizabethan crisis and decline
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The severe economic and political crises of the 1590s that tarnished the 'Golden Age' image of the end of the reign.
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- 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – The triumph of Elizabeth, 1563–1603 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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