History A-Level
Limits of Angevin control
What Limits of Angevin control means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Control remained fragile because it relied on personal oaths and local cooperation, and the failed 1165 campaign showed the limits of royal power.
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- Paper 2, Option 2A.2: England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154–89 - 1 The restoration and extension of royal authority, 1154–72 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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