History A-Level
Legal and administrative reform
What Legal and administrative reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The 1176 Assize of Northampton tightened criminal justice, while the possessory assizes bypassed baronial courts, drawing free men directly into royal jurisdiction.
Topics that use Legal and administrative reform
- 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216 – The struggle for Royal Authority, 1174–1189 (AQA A-Level)
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