History A-Level
Local autonomy
What Local autonomy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Local autonomy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Extensive arrangement in which provinces and towns controlled taxation, justice and defence, limiting the reach of central authority.
Topics that use Local autonomy
- Origins of the Dutch Revolt, c1563–67 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- 'Beggars'
- Centralisation versus local privilege
- Compromise of 1566
- Dutch grandees
- Hedge preaching
- Huguenot migration
- Iconoclastic Fury
- Restoration of order
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