History A-Level
Local disorder and feuds
What Local disorder and feuds means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Local disorder and feuds
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Private feuds and local rivalries that tested royal authority throughout the period, often involving royal patronage, office-holding and national politics.
Topics that use Local disorder and feuds
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 1 Changing relationships between crown and the nobility: 'over- mighty subjects' (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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