History A-Level
Legal Reform
What Legal Reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Legal Reform
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The overhaul of the justice system through the 1166 Assize of Clarendon, which established the jury of presentment, standardised criminal procedures and expanded royal justice.
Topics that use Legal Reform
- 2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216 – The Restoration of Royal Authority, 1154–1166 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Angevin Empire
- Baronial power
- Centralisation of power
- Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Feudal Obligations
- Financial administration
- Lordship of Ireland
- Royal authority
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